Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-05-28
SPORTING COLUMN.
IN AND OUTDOOR ADJUSTMENTS AND
GAME CULTURE.
The Field, Range, Track, Course, Cue,
Ring. Stream, Sail, Car, Trap,
Kennel and Stable.

| apprehension THAT Il. h. myers, tne amer
lean champion, will, at Birmingham, July
| 10th, win the l00yard championship OF
| England Our trans. Atlantic contempt
raries are thus early endeavoring to cushion
| in advance their imminent tumble, by prof
| ferring all sorts of excuses for the anticl-
pated poor performances OF the British
representatives. The burden OF their wall
has been That G.. L Lockton, of the Lon
don Athletic Club, the man who would
have cantered in several yards ahead of
Myers, has accepted position. IN the Civil
Service, which will prevent his training
and running during 1881, thus leaving to
| Myers clear field and no worthy oppe
nent. But, unfortunately for this specious
theory. the London Referee which has an
unpleasant habit Of stating angular truths
at most inopp0rtune moments, says, April
18th, in discussing iug-handled challenge
from an anonymous correspondent 'Just
now, it is notorious that there are two or
three men running sprint who could beat
Lockton (the leo yards in 10 seconds many,
when at his best" This plain statement
seems to sweep away the whole cobweb of
humbng about Loekton. II New York
Spirit
SCALP1NG HIM The man-if it is a
man-who writes up the female pedes-
triennes for the Pacific Life is nasher,
and no mistake. From the manner in
which he describes each of the ladies one
would suppose they had each in turn given
MIN the taffy that only woman can.
| "The deer, sweet darling Of a man, says
that this most promising young 1--WE notice
they are ali young with this writer pedes-
trienne, with her happy smile, pretty
face and graceful figure, is taking her ex-
ercise in the park" Hildebrand Mont
rose, of course, is cut there daily with his
button-hole bouquet and soup-plate hat to
see her "take one of those wonderful
twenty-mile spins which paralyze so many
of her rivals Another charming lady is
Miss -, who is ''as lit at fiddler, and
will put up the last cent that she has that
she can beat another lady, and in the
same strain this "dear ducky" goes
through list of some fifteen ladies, who
are all young and handsome to his eyes,
but who, when they were in New York
about two years ago. were ridiculed for
their spare forms and anything but hand
some faces. Sporting news in San Fran
CISCO must be scarce, indeed, when jour.
nal claiming to be a sportsman's oracle can
find nothing better to write about than the
Turf, Field and Farm.
A HAWK AND Enthusiastically mus
ings On the ages of change that it must
have taken TO mold the scene to its present
| aspect were broken in upon by a large rat
tlesnake gliding out upon a bare rock
within fifty feet of the point where l was
sitting. He seemed to look around like
dog for place to suit his snakeship, and
then stretched himself out to enjoy the
warmth. | was thinking il it was worth
while to heave stone at the monster,
when a big shadow swept down, and q
/ hawk nearly caught him mapping, but not
quite The snake sprung his rattle
and coiied himself ready for at.
tack, while the hawk lowered round,
I2aaing a dash, now on the right and now
on the left. It was quite an interesting
skirmish, but at last the snake made
| spt;ng and apparently failed to strike, and
before he could recoil himself the hawk
seized him with both talons close behind
the head. In fact, he had him on the neck,
and swept into the air, while the snake
struggled and twisted, away up into the
blue, III wide, circ.ing sweeps, until the
struggling reptile hung limp and lifeless,
when the hawk came down to earth again,
aud, alIghtinr OF a tree, made MS meal on
the snake. Exchange,
AUSTRIAN CHALLENGE TO AMERICA
The New York TINT, Field and Farm
! wrote 4 few weeks ago about the Vienna
boat clubs as follows: 1.-The four clubs
contain about six members, all told, who
usually get some fishermen to row their
boats for week or so in the spring, and
watch the proceedings, simply sheltered
from the dEaughts, in theig handsome
PAVILION opposite the Kuhlenberg." In
Consequence of this insinuation the Re-
eatta Committee OF Vienna president,
| Count Harrach) has published in the vi
emma AHge5aeiHe Sport Zet1Hg a challenge
for all American amateur boat clubs to
| come over TO Vienna and row four-oared
race against these four miserable Vienna boat
clubs for cup, value $1,000 5000 to be
| spent by the Vienna committee. eve do
nos think, says the Sport ZeitNag, that
we are better than the celebrated Ameri-
| can roTers, but we want to state that we
are not afraid to meet them" It Is not
unlikely that for fine cup Of 81, coo value
an ambitious American crew may come
over to the Danube people. Bells Life,
Apri! 30sh.
CONTRACTOR GOES TO AUSTRALIA. Col
oneI Richard West, Edge Hill Stock Farm,
! Georgetown. KY, has sold mis- finely bred
| trottlng stallion, Contractor, TO Mr.. Mil
| Ter, OF Melbourne, Australia, for So, 900.
| Fhis is probably the first sale of trotting
| stock for the antipodes made east of the
Rockies. California has the honor of
| initiating a commerce in horses between
the two countries, and now that the ice is
broken the Blue Grass region of Kentucky
viii, in all likelihood, receive a good share
of the business. Contractor is rich bay,
years old. He is an inbred Hambletonian,
his sire, Ajax, being by Rysdyk's Hambie-
tonian, out of Dolly Mills, by SeelJ's
American Star, and his dam. Lady Cooley, |
is by Green's Hambletonian, son of Rys- |
dyk's Hambletoniap, out OF Lady Van |
H0uten, by Treadweli's Abdatlah. With |
twelve crosses, therefore, to imp Mes |
senger, this stallion ought to make his |
mark in Australia, especially if bred to |
many OF the fine old thoroughbred matrons |
OF that colony.
FAsT-On Saturday last, the track at
Fleetwood was not in the best condition, |
and yet John Murphy drove Mr.. Bonner's
Edwin Forrest, to heavy top wagon. hall |
mile in :06a. This was a remarkable per- |
formarce, especially when we remember |
that it ia early in the season and that the
horse had not been prepared for fast track
work. If Edwin Forrest continues doing
well, he will mark below 2:l04, and so will |
Rarus, who is now at liberty to appear on
associated tracks. When Edwin Forrest |
was first broken to harness, he wore As
ounces on each foot Last Saturday he |
trotted in l6I ounces. Mr.. Bonner has |
driven him mile in better than 2:l4 with |
out any toe-weights. He understands the
philosophy of motion and the foot, and,
therefore, knows how and when to reduce |
the weight. Skillful shoeing has much to
do with the success OF Edwin Forrest
Turf, Field and Farm, May 18th.
RowING.-The prospects for professional
rowing in 1881 are as yet somewhat nebu- |
lous, but out of all the talk and challenge |
more or less sport will eventually result. |
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