Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-01-17


CARP CULTURE.-Mr Davis, the carp Gull
turist, sends US a third letter. His simple
accounts are of much interest and he will do
well to continue them whenever he finds any
thing of value to report concerning carp.
Under date Of January Sd he says to the
RECORD UNION: Sc In summing up the result
of my experience in carp culture, let me say
l made blunder, or put it in such shape
that you could not understand it. My hsh
cost me So each, or the whole, so; their
feed so year, $40; my ponds 500 apiece,
$500; making in all, S270; and sold tlsh Tor
S415. Taking out the $40 makes my gam
S145. Since writing you | have been at the
drawing off Of one of my neighboi'S breeding
noods- and [ have seen some nice fish. There
were almost>2 Geo young fish in all. 1t was
small pond [ hardly think there IS IN 1t the
eighth of an acre. 1t is at the head OF cold
spring and the fish were not as large as they
would have been if the water had been
warmer; they will not grow as fast IN cold
as they will in warm water: have had the
best growth in the pond when the water got
up to IS degrees, which is higher than ordi-
nary fish viii live in, especially trout. L dis
cover that l have got myself into business by
giving you these articles, in the way OF an
swering letters of inquiry l received three
Yesterday and four to-day. l think | will
give some of them with the answers to you as
soon as L can get time to write them out"
A HARD TRAcK.-Att the great six days 60
as-you.please for men beginning December
22d in New York, the track used was hard
one, and of it the Spirit of the Times says:
1.-The track was the same as that used for the
OIeary Belt race. 1t had been used fire.
quently since, and, never having been rebuilt,
was worn as smooth and hard as an asphalt
floor. This hard track aided to break down
many of the starters, but those who lasted
until the finish of course travelled faster than
would have been possible on softer path. 1t
was the most remarkable race ever contested
in any country. The remarkable scores are
due to three causes. First, the hardness of
the track, which stopped many men but
fastened the survivors. Secondly, the num-
Der of starters. II twenty or thirty starters
sift down to six or eight, who travel $50
miles, field of sixty-fve should naturally
produce sixteen men who pass the prize limit
of $50 miles Thirdly. the closeness of the
race up to the last hour kept the men all the
while keyed up to the limit of their endur-
ance, and compelled them to travel further
than they would or could unless fairly forced
to unusual exertion."
CoRNs.-The Turf, Field and Farm gives
this advice for the removal of corns from
horses feet: An animal may be relieved Of
corns by removing the shoes, pairing out all
eAuberant materials that in any way press
upon the sore spots then, with a thin, sharp
draw-knife, pare the corn out until it bleeds;
then apply a few drops of hydrochloric acid,
and apply a lnseed-meal poultice, and In
twenty-four hours remove the poultice, care
fully remove whatever devitalized tissue may
have been occasioned by the use of the acid,
and proceed to dress as before. With perse-
verance this process will eventually remove
the trouble. If it becomes necessary to use
the animal the shoes must be applied in such
a manner as not to cause pressure upon the
sore parts. Soaking the feet in warm water
is very good for corns, as it softens the parts
and confers relief. The springing of the
knees, sometimes observable, is in conse-
quence of the animal trying to gain relief
from the pain produced by the corns; and
when they have been overcome, the proba-
bility is that the knees will resume their nor
NAL condition.
A BIG RACE.-The tournament at Madison
Square Garden, New York, beginning De-
cember 22d, says the Spirit Of the Times,
opens up for the study of those interested in
such matters new and wide field of posi-
bilities and probabilities. Out of 60 starters
20 passed 100 miles in the first "A hours.
Sixteen persevered unto the end, and their
several records in even miles were as follows:
$40, 535, 531, 527, $40, 500, 500, 4S4, 462, 460,
$50, $50, 450, $50 and $50. The correctness
of these records is unquestionable, and 1t
should be remembered that with 60 men
starting on an eighth of a mile track the
leaders, in going around and getting by the
crowd, were Obliged to travel each day three
or four miles further than the distance cred
tied to them. Comment on such figures is
unnecessary.
SPORTING AssocIATIoNs.-Salt Lake Tri-
5une, January Sth Some of our athletes are
actively at work preparing for the organiza-
ton of gymnasium. The project is in the
hands of enterprising young men, and already
a large number have signifed their interest
and pecuniary encouragement should the
scheme not miscarry. A new sporting club
has been lately organized in the city and is
called the Rod and Gun Club. Permanent
officers have not as yet been elected, but will
be on next Tuesday. The club meets every
second Tuesday of each month, and includes
among its members the crack shots OF the city
and such as are interested in the objects OF
the meeting.
SYMPATHY FOR ANIMALs.-The power of
feeling for animals, realizing their wants and
making their pains our own, is one which is
most irregularly shown by human beings. a
Ti1non may have it, and Howard be devoid
of it. A rough shepherds heart may over
flow with it, and that of an exquisite fine
gentleman and distinguished man of science
may be as utterly without it as the neither
milestone. One thing / think must be clear:
till man has learnt to feel for all his sentient
whether in human or in bru-
tai form, of his own class and sex and coun-
try, or of another, he has not yet assembled
the first step towards true civilization nor APP
piled the first lesson from the love of Cod
Frances Power Cobbe.
BASE BALL.-We believe that two very
strong interior leagues could be formed, if the
various clubs would take hold of the matter
with the proper spirit. San Jose, Stockton,
Santa Cruz, Monterey, and some other neigh
boring towns could form Southern League,
and Sacramento, Oroville, Chico, Nevada
City, and Grass Valley an Eastern one, while
Petaluma, Napa, Vallejo, Santa Rosa, and
other towns up north are populous enough to
encourage a combinatiD IN of clubs and possibly
make playing self-sustaining, if not reInuner-
ative League playing will excite more in
terest, draw larger crowds, and in every way
benefit the SPORT Pacific Life.
CAN FISH HEAR.-Professor E. D. Cope,
a well-known naturalist, has in a recent num-
Der of the Forest and Stream, contradicted
Seth Green's assertion that fish cannot hear.
Professor Cope says that at the base of every
scale of fish there is nerve which commit
nicates with an internal ear in the tish's head.
Any vibration of the water is communicated
TO the scale nerves of the fish and by them
passed on to the internal ear. Thus fish
with scales can hear. But how if it has no
scales? Professor Cope does not say in what
way scaleless fish hear. Perhaps the scaleless
fish are deaf.
LIVELY MATCH.-A lively pigeon match
was shot at Trenton, n. J., December Doth,
Dick Wood, of Camden, n. j., and w. De
Ford, of Rochester, n. Y, being the con-
testants. The match was for $500, fifty birds
each, 80 yards rise, 5 ground traps, 5 yards
apart, so yards boundary, English Hurting.
ham rules. Each man to find his own birds,
they to be mixed and trapped by disinter-
ested party. The match resulted in vic
tory for Wood, with IL out of 80; De Ford
killed SO.
PLUcKT.-The following plucky note to the
Turf Field and Farm eXplains itself