The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1880-03-28
SPORTING ITEMS.
Billiards, Base Ball. RAGS Horses, Pedestrian
Matches and Other Sporting
Questions.

There arc seventy-hye horses In training Of
Louisville.
The base bali season among the colleges
promises To be more lively than ever before.
The latest reports from Nashville say that
sixty thoroughbrsds are In training at that
point.
Trickett and other Australian scullers COZ
template visiting the United States and Cam
ada the coming summer.
Great improvements have been made at
Crsedmoor, N. Y. The yearly rife matches
are 10 begin at m early day.
There are 100 playing days In the base bali
CLUBS Will have 70 play elehty.four games.
Capt. Matt Webb has, according to q dis
patch, succeeded In swimming sixty consecu-
tive hours In tank at the Westminster
Aquarium, London.
Boreas y the only candidate from 2. Lori
lard's stable for the Derby and st. Leger.
Rulneas. 1000 guineas, and Oaks.
Among the yachts reported az on the way
TO the regattA at Nice, France, are tbs
Bappho, Euchantress and the new English
schooner Cetonia The first prfzs Is 5000.
April "a has been fixed as the date OF the
billiard Championship at the "champlon'e
game" 1t viii b. played at Tammany Hail.
strong effort Is being made TO keep up the
organization Of the Northwestern Bass Ball
League. Tho only member now 10 the Du-
buque Club, but several others are In process
Of formation.
Blaekman, the English oarsmar, 10 tryjng
to get on match with Boyd or Elliott, offer
Ing to take eight seconds start of boyd or
two lengths start Of Elliott, over the Thames
championship course.
The manager Of the O'Leary belt contest.
which takes place Id New York. offers :
special prize Of $1,000 to the man who boste
Blower Browns record. 553 miles 165 yards IN I.
40 hours 10 minutes.
Capt. Bogardus has at Last found his peer
who worsted him the other day In a 400 bird
match, the acOre being: Fred Erb, Jr., 93 birds
out Of 100, Bogardus SO.
The international billiard match between
Vlgnau1 and Slosson, which begins on Gatur-
day evening, April 8. at the Grand Hotel,
$1,000, and will last four evenings. At present
Vignaux 70 the favortte In the pools.
The Sloeson- Vlgnaux match has been SIT
isfaetorily arranged and Will take place IN
the dintnR.r0om Ut the Grand Hotel, Paris,
Saturday evening, April Q. Two referees have
besn chosen and the player who scores the
first 800 points will have the privilege OF -
Letting the referee for the last night OF the
match. VA9naux is big favorite on the other
side.
The recent race between Hawdon and
start to finish that. had Hawdon met With
the slightest mishap anywhere on the Jour
ney thu result would have teen reversed.
Kempster is said to row more like Hanlan
than any other man In the old country, but
he is short In stature, and does not get good
reach.
The Coney Island jockey club has Issued
the programme Of its June meeting. ItcOverG
ak days, June TO- "a, %, "a. IS and 26, and II
very full, varied ami attractive The most
I'm ortant races are for the Tidal, Foam, Surf
and Mermaid stakes, the Coney Island Gun
and the C0ney leland Derby. There are several
handicaps, steeplechases and hurdle-races for
liberal purses.
On March the following stakes closed.
with thanumber Of entries stated Americas
Jockey Club-Great Metropolitan hsndleap.
TX miles, to be run May %, 50 entries; Ford
handicap. 2 miles, %; Westminster cup, ~
miles. IS; Juvenile stakes, u mile, 2-year-
Odds, IS. Monmouth Park AssOciatiOn-I0ng
Branch handicap sweepstakes, ~ miles, ~
Shrewsbury handicap sweepstakes, ~ mijo6.
~; OCEAN stakes, N miles, "a; Monmouth
cup, az mtlee, ~; champion stakes, ~
miles, ~ Cpney Island Jockey Club oney
| Island handicap AW1epstakea ~ miles. 30~
sweepstakes OF @foO each. $3.50 aided. ~
mflea, Is; great Challenges stakes. 1L miles
Is: IOnx Island st. yexar. ~ niilag. 46$
Mermaid stakes, ~ mbes. a; Cvney Island
Derby. ~ miles, is; Tidal stak.s,l mile, . i
SURF stak.s, furlVlgs, 40: Foam stakes. S
furlongs, So
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