The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1881-01-26
THE SPORTING FIELD.

calcnuar oil lcOU gives Lotal Oh D,
O75 highly bred mares.
South Boston has a newly or.
ganizcd association for the advance
ment of athletic sports.
! -Yale's crew are already rowing.
preparatory to their next match Will:
Harvard. The lightest man in train
ing weighs It's pounds.
"A new device has been added to
pool tables which causes the balls to
run from the pockets back to the
head of the table under the rim.
The famous English mare For
mosa, who divided nearly all the
crest threc-year old races with Blue
Gown in 1868 died recently in France
For $500 Gen. Abe Buford has
sold to f. B. Heffner, of Mobile, Al
ALBANIA, Rosque Bell, four years old,
by Enquirer, out Of Ida Kinney, 10y
Brown Dick.
"A lot Of Kentucky racing ma
irons appeared at Mr.. Pierre Lori
'ard's Rancocas stables last week in
splendid health. The Banshee, sis.
ter of True Blue, heads the string.
1t is now rumorel that the re
cent boat race between Wallace Ross
and Edward Trickctt was iixei for
Trickett To win, and he claims that
Ross rowed the race out, after agree
lug to let him win.
All sorts of international prof
ects arc on foot for 1881. Cornell
will surely go TO Henley, Columbia
may repeat her expedition of 1878,
and Yale is trying to arrange a
match with Oxford and Cambridge.
Luke Blackburn is winteriug
nicely. lie is looked upon by the
Dryer Bros. as the cup horse of the
coming season, notwithstanding an
impression prevails among not few
turfmen that he has broken down
since the injury to his legs last fall.
-Bogaraus, champion wing shot,
is at his home in Lincoln, Illinois.
He says if Carver backs up his chal-
leuge ard posts flOO forfeit with
Bells Life he will 60 to England and
shoot him match at 100 pigeons
for $4,000 TO $4,000 side.
Ed. McGlinchy, of Bridgeport,
Connecticut, offers to fight any man
in America for the light weight
championship. Arthur Chambers
agrees to meet the Bridgeport cham
pion, and there is every probability
of match being arranged for u
large stake.
Maud S. is now being exercised
every day on the Chester park track,
Cincinnati. The mare is reported
in fine condition. Katie Middleton,
Henry Clay, Joe Bunker, Solicitor,
Nutshell and other fast ones are
keeping company with Maud S., un.
der the care Of William Blair.
| -Doncaster was purchased as a
yearling by Mr.. James Merry for
$4750. Mr.. Merry afterwards sold
him TO Gir. Peck for $4,000, and he
in turn let the Duke of Westminster
have him for $4,000. He is the
sire Of Ben dor, the Derby winner
of 1880, and won the event himself
in 1879.
| English sporting journals con
tain announcements of entries in the
Newmarket Houghton meeting, also
the Ascot and Goodwood meetings
by Mr.. JAS. r. Keene, but are silen:
as to Mr.. Lorilard or Mr.. Sanford's
horses. The Sportsman regrets thai
Foxhall is not engaged for the Ep
som contest.
Gale, the great English endu
rance pedestrian, who has accom-
plished some of the most wonderful
fats ever made by a pedestrian
failed ia his recent attempt to wall
$500 miles in 1000 hours. Coli
weather was the cause of his failure
Gale intends to attempt the feat
again, and offers TO wager 5000 tina
be will succeed.
, The London Field, December Is
publishes history of the America
cup, Introducing the story as fol
lows: We are CHAD to find that Eng
} fish yachtsmen are again taking a
interest in the cnp won at Cowes b
2 the America in 1851. We have bee
asked several times of late concern
ing the conditions under which
: challenge has to be made, and "
] feel sure if it were made certain tina
two or three single handed matche
with the same vessel could be sale
= for the cup, that some British yacht,
men would make a challenge.
During the past season Amer
can athletes have accomplished som
a wonderful performances, and RECORD
S after records have been wiped GU
It L. E. Myers of the Manhattan All
d letic club, has, during 1880, mac
n the bes. record in the world at rul
e ming 100 yards, ESQ yards, 800 yard
J. 500 yards, 800 yards, $50 yards ar
n 1000 yards. R. S. Haley, Olymp
1t Athletic club, San Francisco, Ca
d has surpassed all previous perfor,
is ances at running $50 yards. E.
er Merrill, Scottish American Athlet
e. club, New York city, has beaten Il
ID world at walking one, nine and t.
8. miles; and j. B. Clark, Empire CT
- Afhlntic clnh Now York nitu