The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1880-02-01
THE NEW ORLEANS DEMOCRAT, SUNDAY FEBRUARY l. 1880,

stockholders present appeared TO be In favor
OF Outstanding. It was decided. however, to
! adjourn Tor one week. in order tn ascertain II
| there is any chauce for Springfield to enter
| the league; IL not, dtsbandment will doutt-
| less be voted.
| Times has we'll considered editorial setting
| forth the necessity Of national Jockey club
or running horse association In this country.
| aud citing the turf position OF Great Britain
az evidence Of It's usefulness, II shows that.
notwithstanding the vast amount OF money
Invested In thrroughbrede. there are no rella-
BILE statistics of production on demand.
Playing In the clrcus-rlng In Sheffield.
Eng. % the sixth instant, w. Mitchell made
Q run Of 678 at billiards agai.st OK Champion
Bennett. whom, he beat by GAO In 1900. Asked
TO continue. Mitchell reached 727 before he
quit. THIS number included ga consecutive
winning hazards. The English papers now
look confidently forward 10 the time when
Mitchell or somebody else will make n run Of
1000 in an exhibition game, Of course
A canine controversy took place In n pit In
the City Of Qupkers on the night OF January
"a, between Hripper, M Amaricsn-born vel
low h,tndle. weighing twenty seven pounds
five ounces. and Guilty, an imported white
dog. with n dash of black ON the face and one
Tore foot nf like color, sealing thirty pounds
The conditions were to fight At eaten weight
for $3.50 q slide, and although great expenta
tlnl,s had been raised regarding the new mr.
rival, Gripper showed himself To be decidedly
his master, end at the end OF twenty-five
minutes thirty seconds. actual fighting, when
Guilty was lying on his hack "malsiug mlsln'
he was declared tho winner. The loser was
pretty badly hurt, but s wanting In pluck
On Saturday, January "a, the American
Hurae Exchange. the innorporators Of which
ere W. X, itevnls, Leonard jerome, VIM. X.
Vanderbilt, Henry Draper, WIN Jay. VIM
E,s'on. j. II. Draper, A. Belmont. Jr,. Il.
GRAY Giswuld aud Frederick Sherman WAS
organized at the looms of the American
jockey Club New York, with capital stock Of
5000 600, In shares Of 800 each. AT a rneeiina
OF the stock holdera on that date the following
board Of directors was elected, the vote mum
herring pa7 sharns. W t. Vanderbilt, q T.
Wetmote. A. Hel"ont Jr. Jas. T. keeur.
Frederic Bronson. Fred sherman, Fred Nall
son. Leonard Jerome. j. II. Draper. Augustus
Eehamerhorn, L. W. Vanderbilt, VIM Jay and
Henry Draper.
new departure In sport was witnessed In
Harnas's Rink, on Temperance street, Tnrnn-
10, ont, recently. In the shape IF a distance
rae" on real skates. The akatets were a,arted
| at y, m. ON January IT, and four ri them
were skating at II y. M January ~, when
Time was called. Out Ut eight starters the
winner turned NJ In Geo, Adams. delicate
looking youth If sixteen, who won fret place
With score "r 1a1 mllaa iG laps Uan hun
dred dollars rewarded him: aud well lid he
deserve II by Ma pluck, which was not as
slated by Il bit of training A. Mcdonald made
ia miea lars, and took $50 along with aec-
ond place. Third prize S4o was taken Ivy
John Rooney. n local hael and toe pod. who
had never before hlckIed on n skate. He
| scored l2a miles lnpa T. Tnmilaon skaied
lot miles In folty-n hours. Thetraek, which
Was n few feet short. required twenty one
laps TO The mile. The winner, Adams. was
promptly challenged by Mcdonald. and n
match made for 100 miles, for 800 u side, to
come of shortly