Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-05-28

on the usual course on Bedford Basin,
Halifax, extended half mile at the north
end. As the race is four mile one, and
the course heretofore has been for three
mile contests, no little interest centers in
the race. Mckay has been in training at
Bedford, practicing on the Basin, and unless
unforeseen casualties occur his friends
promise that Conley will not easily carry
off the money. The stakes are $500 side,
500 being allowed Conley for expenses.
The usual deposit has been placed in the
hands of W. L. Lowell & Co. by both par
ties, and articles signed. What gives the
race an additional interest is the fact
that another oarsman named Buckley, who
is training in Portland, Me. 1.-THE possibii.
ties of whose career are considered good,,
has signified his intention of challenging
the winner.
ATHLETIC. William Gale, the English
long. distance pedestfian, has arrived in
this country. He has accomplished q
number of remarkable performances, the
best of which are 3, $50 miles in 9I2 hours
consecutive walking, l,l00 yards each and
every fifteen minutes, 9. miles each hour /;
also 1900 quarter miles in LOCO consecu-
tive periods of ten minutes each, and 500
miles iu l coo consecutive hours....A
sprinter has been discovered in the far
! West who 10 willing to try conclusions
with Frederick Rogers at 100 yards. Noah
| Makinson's challenge to match Rogers of
| Trenton against any one in the country at
| 100 yards has been answered by this run
ner, who resides at Council Bluffs, Iowa.
The proposal to Makinson is that if he
sends Rogers TO that city, between June
| TIA and 10th, q match will be guaranteed
| Rogers, at his own distance and manner of
starting, for $3.50 side or more. and an
additional wager of $500 to $500 that
Rogers will be defeated in a l00-yard race.
FMEs.-A correspondent writes to an
English contemporary that although it may
rob fiy-fshing of some of its charm, but
very little, he thinks, it certainly saves an
immense amount Of time and trouble if the
angler uses only about four varieties of
flies for his pursuit There is no harm,
he declares, in au angler using flies for every
hour in the day, if 1t so please him, but
| this practice IS attended with great trouble.
| II is a great nuisance to have to unite flies
three or four times day, and to put fresh
ones on !; this of itself is good reason
| for using the same. There is no doubt, he
thinks, on the other hand, that many vet
eran anglers prefer a good variety, and
maintain that trout can better be enticed
by changing their lure several times day F.;
but these gentlemen, he believes, credit
the trout with nicely of distinction which
it is very doubtful they possess.
STocK BREEDING. Commodore kittson
is making a bold push for the supremacy in
| or +lo Il
has been buying the best trotters and thor
oughbreds wherever he could find them.
Among his collection are the sister of Dox-
ter, the brother of Ravenswood, the sister
of D.. Monroe, the sister of Humboldt, the
dam of Fleming Girl, the fast mare Ham,
brine Belle, and the rapid stallion Won Ar
MIN. The Commodore has not overlooked
the fact that winning blood is more likely
to produce winners than blood which is
untried Turf, Field and Farm.