The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-12-07
SPORTING ITEMS.
Events Of the Turf tho Base Ball field and
the Water.


the Water
II ia Estimated that there are 10000 Amer
can bred huraes In England
Sensation started III eight races. and wna
aurcctafu III every ono.
Fral rlaialnd, once Tho champion nf New
England. has. II IL thought, given NJ rowing
FOL good.
nar,a Ia now In Mr. Ronner'a New York
stalln who Ia now for tho first tItne driving
him upon tho road.
John Keen, tho l1nglah bicycle rider ia
anxious tr make match against any tr1tter
In America t. travel twenty mii"a.
Al San Francisco On Thursday tho Chicago
naaa RaIl Club wac defeated by the knicker-
hoekcra OF TINT city. The score stood6 IA !.
A largo number of now acullers are to take
IN the water next aoRsnn, and there IL u good
demand for phnlls that have not been used
much.
Frouchv Johnson Ia having hla hoata packed
for ahpment hy Blaloy, of Cambridge. II Is
stated that he leaves Tor England during the
coming week.
An attempt IL being made for n match he-
tween Tricltett. tho Australian champion. and
Hanlan. the event to come OF AT Saratoga. the
stakes any amount,
Air. Ton Brock continues e. increase the
number of race horses he has In training III
England. ne ihEI HNHItHnl " Hls 6tHh tS
Haggis n ynungater Of promise.
Detroit Ia taking active stops toward form
lnu a strong team next season, and IT. expects
IL have Calvin and Sullyanf Uf the nuhuaueal
a. pitpher and catcher. 1t also has strong
leaning lcagueward.
Fred Archer. who rode Parole IN several Of
h,a races In England. tho frat day OF the re-
cent Liverpool autumn meeting won llvo out
ot ejx mounts. and. III the only race he Lost !,
he was n good speond. During the meeting
he was frat twelve times out of eighteen
| mounts.
VIM. A. Wilson drove indianapolis and Dick
Taylor to the pole owes tho Abdallah Park
Course. Cynthiana. ny, Three trials of =
milo each were trntted, tho first IN SIS !.
tho aeoond In 2:33a4, and tho third ~ IN.
| The team alad 10 face u high wind beside
carving 342 pounds. the weight Of wagon and
driver
| A gentlemen prominent In base ball circles.
| who haa recently been In Troy and been In
communication with Eut1alo. says that neither
| city will be represented in tho League next
wear. IL tho fifty cont tariff Ia continued. but Q
/ thtrty-iiye cent tariff would be- acceptable.
and. III TINT case. Worcester would also be al
nitted to the ihague.
The English sporting papers have not. 80
/ far degned to notica the ariiyalot Falsetto
iii that side If tho water. except that ono OF
/ them said about the time he got To Newman
kct that "acven ycarlngs and n two-year-
old had arrived anu takelt ttlai tttS Witll VII
remainder III Mr.. Lorilard's team. Next
spring there may he another howl such NJ
was heard last sprtng, anu. wnas ~ worse, u
may last ati the season. i9r u laf3 Was aW .t
10 defeat EnRiandA good horses. falset'" WI
certainly lead them merry chase'
Latest adytcra from san Francisco state
lint arrangements ara being madcfo great
turf event In which *, Julien. the trottina
srneation nj tile past ak months, and the 70
nowned pacing geldng Sleepy Tom, also on
trial Of sprWl for Il purse II 10000. After st
Julien trottod 4 mile Ill the unprecedente'
Inn, of 2l27, Mir Morrow issued chal
Icngc, Offering e. wager Saooo 70 $4,000 tina
ST. julien could trot mile n IT. or to mater
him againat any trottcr In the world, mile
heats, three in i've, Oh any track on the Pa
oitic slope.
latn California exchange publishes The
following sweeping challenge: we arc All