Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-03-06


walked 100 miles in "A hours, and in the same
year made 100 miles in Is hours and
So minutes His fast walk of 500 miles
was in Chicago, and was made in
1861 hours His next heavy match
was with Weston in Chicago, in November,
1876, heel-and-toe walk He scored SOB miles,
and Weston 45l5. In 1877 ne walked AGAINST
Weston in London, heel and toe, for 300 a
side and two-thrds of the gate money Wes-
ton made $40 and O'Leary $40 miles. In 1873
O'Leary went for the Ashley belt and won it
in 5204 miles, against 500 by Vaughn and 476
by Blower Brown. In the same year he won
it again against j ohm Hughes. In 1879 Row
ell took the belt from OLeary and received
$40, 600 gate money and sweepstakes. The
fourth time the Ashley belt was won by Wes-
| ton, who made $50 miles. Since then Rowell
has won it twice in succession. Weston is
about 40 years old, below medium hight, and
weighs 140 pounds. Weston is a nervous,
| rapid walker He has walked over 1000
mile in matches, and more than that in pre-
liminary trainings. O'Leary recently said
to a San Francisco reporter: =" 1t is great
mistake that the strain of even six-days'
matches is injurious. The walkers not only
recuperate swiftly.from the immediate effects
! but the general result is beneficial. When |
commenced walking my maximum weight
was 135 pounds, now | never scale less than
lou. My CnesJ HAS eApdHueu anu my WHole
body has developed, and L can aver that if
all people did much more walking the medi-
Gated voice of the corner apothecary would be
heard no more in the land.
CARP CuLTURE.-We have received the
following from Levi Davis, dated Forestville
| (Sonoma county, March 1st ''As to-day
| brought in the last mail in February, and |
! have all letters answered, l will drop you
| few lines Since the first of January, 1880,
l have answered eightyfour letters of inquiry
about carp culture, some of them containing
dozen or more questions so L have had all
my evening time filed up. If l had not
| been so crowded, | should have answered
through your columns. Just as soon as /
can get little leisure time | will give you a
statement of questions and answers for the
| benefit of Others | see that Professor
| Spencer +. Baird, United States Fish
! Commissioner, says that he has au-
thentic evidence that the carp lives to
be 200 years old. What do you think of
| that2 We can beat the world in growth, as
far as | have any account. For instance, L
let man have two little fish 8 or inches
long, two years ago, and he put them in
good pond by themselves, and has taken
extra good care of them, and ON the 9th
| ult., he weighed them and their weight was
! 7 pounds each. | think we had better keep
these extra things to ourselves, lest those
who know but little of their history will be
like the Dutchman that had his son John to
hide in the fencecorner to scare his young
horse when he rode up. 'Shon' placed him
self as directed, and when the old man came
up he sprang out and cried, 'Boo!' and the
colt piled the old man instanter. But he
gathered himself up quickly and said:
Shon, Shon that was too big a boo |
trust none will think our accounts of carp
culture too big boo" Our readers will
await anxiously Mr.. Davis promised copy of
the questions and answers. They will prove
of great interest," and will, through the
RECORD UNION, reach a vast number of
readers who feel deep interest in MIR. Davis
experiments.
SALT LAKE SPORTING ITEMs.-The owners
of the old Faust race track over Jordan sig
Nifty their intention of re6tting the grounds
this summer, and endeavoring to inaugurate
a new interest in racing. A little energy
may again create a revival in this sport.
1t is expected that the base ball association
will this year make marked improvements in
the appointment of its grounds; twelve-foot
fences will be made, new, tasty and comfort
able stands, with increased seating capacity,
will be built The ground will be made per-
fectly smooth and neatly sodded, which will
prove of incalculable aid in bringing the boys
out to higher standard of playing. Fresh
water will be hadon the ground. dressing rooms
made, and all reasonable accommodations for
the comfort of the audience and players be
provided A smooth, straight foot racing
track of 125 yards, and an oval cinder track
of 220 yards will be prepared, where am
bilious pedestrians can test their endurance
and speed. Considerable attention will be
paid to establishing permanent sport in this
line, and with the active daily practice now
in operation at the gymnasium. we can look
! TOR some interesting races when the Olympic
Club holds its inaugural meeting . The
officers of the Deseret Base Ball Club report
their intention of organizing during the COM
ing week for the summer campaign. They
are determined to get together good team,
and they significantly wink their left eyes
when told that the Reds are going to take
their laurels from them this year.
SCARCITY OF RABBITs.-The Indians have
been clearing the country of rabbits this win
ter. One could not drive over the Long Valley
road last fall without seeing dozens of jacks
hopping about in the sage-brush. But yester-
day party of three Reno sportsmen secured
the hills and plains about Alkali Lake, armed
with breech-loaders and returned to town
without a rabbit or bird of any kind. They
report that they saw none on the road, either
going or coming, and that while hunting
through the brush if rabbit caught sight of
them quarter of mile away it would turn
tail and run for the mountains as though the
| devil were after it. Walking through the
brush is now very hard There are several
inches of snow on the ground in most places,
| and where it has melted on the hill-sides, the
mud is deep.-lReno Gazette.
| STRANGE BEAUT1Es.-Last Thursday Mr..
Jones killed pair of ducks at the old mill
pond remarkable for beauty, while the oldest
! hunters are at loss to determine their
species. The breast feathers are of deli
cate orange tint, while those of the back are
of many different brilliant colors. The bill
| is similar to AN ordinary fish duck, only that
| a clear, bright, skin-like covering of red ex-
| tends half way down on each side. The neck
| feathers are green, wings white and black,
| feet red, and size of bird nearly equal to that
of white brant.-[ Lassen Advocate, Feb
ruary 2Sth.
NEW CLUB.-Sacramento has a new sports
mans club. The Sacramento Sportsmans'
| Club was organized Wednesday night, with
q members The officers are President, j.
C. Dase; Vice President, G. Hagelstein !;
Secretary, 3. M. Coons; Treasurer. j. G.
Shaw; Propertyman. w. Eckhardt. The
| Club has taken rooms on K street, begins
with good treasury, has put teams into rifle
practice, proposes to engage in field sports,
target shooting and to give attention to game
culture, protection and pursuit. May the
| Club prosper there is room for it and for still
| more.
CoURsINe.-The Capital Coursing Clubs
(Sacramento) spring meeting will take place
about the 18th. 1t is open to all the State.
| The Club is prospecting finely. 1t received a
number of new members Wednesday night
last. The outlook for its spring meeting is
very fine, and we anticipate very superior
season Of field sports. Entries open on the
9Th instant, and the fee is s.. The Pioneer
Club, of San Francisco, has match at Mer-
ced on the 10th, open to all the State en-
trance fee So.
Projecting GAME.-A couple of men liv-
ing near Capay were placed under arrest for
violating the game law Monday evening, and
on Tuesday appeared before Judge Rugeles
and gave bonds to appear tor trlal nsx. I'm,