Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-10-30


Amusement Department u
THE AMERICAN HORSES IN ENGLAND
The performances of James Il. keene's
horses in England is great source of graf
ifcation to his friends. The colts were
selected and purchased by S. D. Bruce,
and were selected not only for their high
breeding and royal descent, but for their
racing form, which is an important desid-
eratum il a race-horse. High breeding
without proper conformation will never
make race-horse. An animal, no matter
how well bred, or how successfully the
family has raced, is next to worthless with
out proper conformation. Bookmaker, the
winner of the CRANKY Stakes for two-year-
olds, Criterion course, three-quarters OF
mile, one of the prominent two-year-old
events in England, is by imp. Bonnie Scot
land, dam Juniata, by Jack Malone (son OF
Lexington) I'd dam Monica, by imp. Soy
ereign; Sd dam Leda, by Epsilon tson OF
Pacific, the own brother to the great Ber-
trand) out of imp. Nanny Kilham,
by Voltaire. Breakspeare, who ran
third in a sweepstakes over the Bretby
course, three-quarters of a mile, Is own
brother to Wallenstein, by Waverley, dam
LADY Wallenstein, by Lexington ID dam
Louisa, by imp. Yorkshire, out of Dick
Dotys dam, by American Eclipse. Don
Fulanos, also placed third in the Double
Trial Plate for two-year- odds, five furlong,
is by King Alfonso (dam Canary Bird,
dam of Harry Bassett, Charley Howard and
0rtolan), by imp. Albion ID dam Pamela,
by imp. Ainderby, out of imp. Sweetbriar,
by Recovery. Neither he nor Breakspeare
were considered fit to run, having had bad
attacks of fever soon after their arrival IN
England in March last. Ga Wednesday
last the Bedford Stakes for two-year-olds,
Briefly Stakes course three-quarters of
mile, was won by Foxhall, he by King Al
fonso, dam Jamaica, by Lexington, I'd dam
Fanny Ludlow, by imp. Eclipse, out of the
famous old race mare Mollie Jackson, by
Vandal. Mollie Jackson's third heat of
three miles, May %, 1861, 5:2S3 is the
best on record The following day Fox
hall ran second to Savoyard by half
length, in the Ashley sweepstakes, for two
year-olds. Foxhall has suffered less with
sent over Turf, Field and Farm.
TANNING QUAILs-Such a thing as do
mesticating the common quail has been
thought impossible. But such thing has
been accomplished by Mrs. William john
ston, living near Nashville, Tenn, and
has been the subject of the liveliest inter
est to all her neighbors. Mrs. j. is
childless lady who takes to birds. The
family is well off, and she surrounds her
self with birds and fowls of every feather.
At the first call of her voice they come
trooping to her, from all quarters, in
squads and platoons, eager to be petted, OF
which they receive liberal share. Early
IN the spring she came across nest full OF
quails eggs, and placed them in her bureau
drawer, where they were for a time for
gotten. One night she heard q a fuss in
the bureau, and going to it, she found the
eggs hatched out into little balls of
feathers. Knowing no other mother, the
young brood took food readily, and were
reared to full size. So tame and domesti-
Gated were they that they didnot attempt to
90 away, and would come whirring in at her
call to be fed, lighting on her head, shout
ders and arms, and nothing delighted them
more than to pick crumbs out OF her mouth.
But shotguns in the hands of bad boys and
strangers decimated their ranks until two
only were left-a cock and hen. One OF
the most pleasing experiments the writer
ever made in a small way was an attempt
a few years ago to raise and domesticate
the quail We found a nest under the
hall, Just before cur door, containing six
teen eggs of the quail, which We're taken
away and set under small game hen The
quails eggs were supplemented by four
hens eggs. Ten of the quail's eggs We're
Matched, and all four OF the hens eggs were
brought off by their strange mother, or
rather by the father, for the female having
been destroyed in some way the male bird
took possession OF the nest and hatched the
chicks. He took them off and they were
never heard from. But eight of the quail
were raised, and sweeter, gentler pets were
never seen, aud the whole family were
devoted to them. a miserable cat took
these birds off one at time, but not till
we had had them with US year or more.
THE DESTRUCTION OF GAME FooD.-So
long as America continued in the occupa-
ton of the aborigInes, the order OF nature
was apparently but little disturbed. The
buffalo and deer, the wild fowl and tur-
keys, furnished abundant food to the saw
ages without serious encroschment upon
the fertility of nature. In savage life
there appears to be no wanton or unnec-
essary destruction of the natural means Of
support. 1t was reserved for the civilized
white man to carry on wanton against the
bounty OF nature, and to kill and destroy
without thought or study OF those impera-
tive laws under which nature holds IN
trust the food supply of man. From the
first settlement of the country the process
of eradicating and annihilatIng the useful
animals, birds and fishes natural to the
country has been carried on with an en-
ergy and success but too characteristic Of
the Saxon race. Large tracts Of land
have been entirely depopulated Of their
animals and useful birds The buffalo
on his native plains has Leoome an
object Of rare curiosity. Deer are limited
to the remoter mountain ranges or. extern
sive tracts of barren woods. The wild fowl
which swarmed in New England during
the first settlement Of the country, and for
a long time afterwards, have almost dis
appeared. The last wild turkey was
killed IN Massachusetts, nearly half cen
fury ago. There IS probably no sportsman
living who has killed grouse on Martha's
Vineyard, the last refuge in the northeast
o. that most valuable bird Plover still
migrate, though in diminished numbers,
from their breeding places in the far
North to their winter homes in the South,
but they carefully avoid the northeastern
coasts. No one in this generation has seen
a wild swan aiighting on the waters OF
Massachusetts. They once aboun3ed
there. Even the wild geese find no resting
place there, but are expelled as if they
were tramps and vagabonds II Interna-
tional Review.
BOATING. While the boating season in
this country is now well over the iveIiest
interest IS manifested in the great races
that are announced to come off next month
in England. The Thames just now is
grand sight, as over its waters are prac-
ticing the cream Of the professional boating
men of the world. Canada Is represented
by the champion Hanlan this country by
such sculiers as Riley, Hosmer, Ross and
Smith Australia by Trickett and Laycoek,
and England by Elliott, Blackman, Boyd
and others. With such good men in good
fix Grand uronramme shouId he arro,,r,sl