Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-01-22

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GLAYDERs. Veterinary Price believes
that the spread of CHAMBERS can never be
! arrested so long as the present plan OF
public drinking troughs exists, for which
he recommends tip-up enameied basins
should be substituted. He says: Each
trough should contain three or four tip-up
basins, which, by the pressure on thumb
spring, could easily be filled and, should
the basin be dirty, two or three shakes,
when half full of water would be quite
sufficient to clear away any contagious
matter. Each basin might hold gallon
and half to two gallons OF water, which
would be quite sufficient for any horse to
drink on journey.
THE KENNEL.-In winter, when dogs
cannot get grass to eat, vegetables are an
excellent substitute, and are essential to
| health. Carrots, onions, turnips, parsnips,
cabbages, or potatoes thoroughly cooked
and mashed up with some well. cooked por-
ridge, of equal parts of oatmeal and Indian
meal, in some beef broth, make the best of
winter food. If fed on it every day SO
much the better; but dogs should have it
at least twice a week, and those SO fed will
not be subject to skin diseases.
PEDEsTRIANIsM.- very important
events took place in England on December
Goth. At Lille Bridge, Thatcher beat
Perkins in one-hour walk, and at Man
chester mile race was run in 4:l9J, with
the beaten man only five yards behind.
| The walking race was the first really genu-
inc hrst-class match which has taken in
England since the memorable one in
which Perkins and Howes both did over
twenty-five miles in three hours.
Esprit OF THE TD1Es. While the
Spirit o. the Times IN. Y, )Christmas num-
Der was one of the very best examples of
energetic sporting journalism, it did not
prevent the publishers from clapping
handsome title page upon the next weeks
number to greet the new year. The Times
is a splendid paper, a leader, an acknowl-
edged authority, a senior that is revered,
and goaheaditiye sporting weekly that
has no superior.
''THE SPORTSMAN" - The New York
Sportsman of January LIST came with fire
loose sheet with an excellent picture of the
famous horse Luke Black burn. TheSports-
man is being much improved, and is
credit in all respects to its proprietors and
editors. 1t is now in its seventh year,
and is being enlarged and bettered in ali
its departments. II now has new publish
ers (Kyse & co., but Foster remains in the
editorial chair.
! 1.-THE FIELD. The New Years number
CT the Chicago Field was a very fine one. 1t
consisted of tgrosty eisat pasos filed with
choice matter and enhvened by the pen of
! Wmtford, the pencil of Tracy, and the
! full and regular editorial departments.
Tee publishers may well take pride in it.
SoLD-Wm Jennings has sold the four
year-old chestnut horse British Lion, by
Ballankeel out of Rosetta, by Censor.
Also his three year.old brother, Bohemian
Both were bought by Messrs. Richter &
Weiting, of Georgetown, psmerara, and
hereafter Tom Scarlet, Love Chase, and
| the other American horses now there will
have to run much faster if they are to be
returned as winners.
THE OAR College men are always
bringing up the rear in the march of i'm
provement or amendment. At the late
race Of the Oxford Trial eights Timms, the
| o. u. B. G. waterman, who ofiiciated as
judge, rendered his verdict by the sterns
OF the passing boats, the winning crew get
ting it by a foot. The race was rowed over
the houlsfoEd course on the Thames.
[Sportsman.
GENERAL NOTES.
II the challenge issued by Hanlan and
Ross to any two men in the world for a
double scull race Is accepted at all, it will
probably be by Boyd and Nicholson. Or
how would Trickett and Laycock do as a
pair ?-LL Turf, Field and Farm.
The great cricket matches in England
are all fixed for next season. The Oxford
and Cambridge University match will be
played on June 27th and the following
days, and the Elton and Harrow on July
18th The Gentlemen and Players match
at the Oval commences June 30eh and the
one at the Lords Oh July lIth. The Can
terbury week commences on the lst of
August
The twenty FIVE, mile walk given by W.
| McEwen on New Years eve, at Woods
Athletic Grounds, Wllliamsburgh, n. Y,
resulted in victory for T. NJ. Buckley. of
the Adelphia Athletic Club, who com.
pleted the distance in 4h. lin. 4sec. D.
! Leblanc, Scottish American Club, was sec.
ond, in Al. l3min. 57sec. T. W. Kane
was third, In "A. 2lmin. IL sec.
The Tart, Field and Farm saws that
John 7. Crossley of Frankford and Fred.
| Rogers of Trenton are the two fastest
short distance runners in America. Rog-
ers is generally accredited with having
more speed than Crossley, for while the
| latter has won repeated victories over
unusually fast men. he has allowed the
sweeping challenges of Rogers to go by
default.
The third race for the O'Leary belt be-
gins at Madison Square Garden, New
York, February 2Sth, at 1905 A. n, and
continues till March 9th, 1905 P. NJ.
We find little of interest in rife practice
or trap and trigger ork to give the reader.
The truth Is, few high scores or noticeable
records have been made at the East lately,
and in California Sc tbs not the season."
The Tart, Field and Farm is now in its
thirty-second volume, and it has a very
prosperous look. It has done good work
for the literature of sport In America. It
has ever championed morality and right,
and has always set its face against debas-
ing sports. 1t is one of our most valued
exchanges, and we recognize it as one of
the best and most conscientious sporting
authorities extant.
The variety of targets is now a great
feature in gallery practice. Shooting is
done at all pistol distances, and some of
objects fred at are so ridiculously small
that they are scarcely visible. A small
leaden shot one-fourth of an inch in
diameter is frequently hit, playing cards
are set up, edge to the marksman and cut
in twain by the ball, ordinary tacks and
house flies are favorite targets, and are
readily knocked out of shape small bull
lets are set swinging, and at the word of
command struck with the pistol ball, while
at full targets ten consecutive buirs-eyes
are an everyday occurrence. Achieve
merits with the rife are no less remarkable.
The distance in pistol practice Is necessarily
short, while for the rifle in galleries so to
| 100 feet, or % to So yards is used a full
score at Creedmoor target, bulFs-eye
fraction over an inch in diameter, at IS
yards is no rarity, while bullets. stationary
and in motion, are hit with ease.