The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1882-03-25
SPORTING NOTES.

-wslssWOoi viii no, appear on the track ;hi'
season.
Arthur Hancock. the English walker, /. on
bis way % this country.
The entries Tor the Si0een Balch double.
team tro; will not close until May 1.
The oarsmen ofYAie announce that their only
eontes, this season will he the eight cared race
rith Harvard.
John sPiAn hA. .oli the bay geiiiss Jim
White. reeord 23i. 20 Mr.. II. sheldon of Roehe.-
ter, y. T.. price. 1900.
The Board Of Stewards Of the Grand Trot.
ting cireai, will meet In Rochester. April 20. 10
arrange the summer trot,ins programme.
Near Aftan, Ia, a grand wolf hunt was held
March :, aud several wolves were surrounded. bat
through the careessnsss of few tyTos in the
rank and Gle the quarry escaped.
Como. the pointer puppy taking 6rs, prize at
the late Pittsburgh Bench show, 10 Owned by Miss
Minnie Anderson. % that city. being presented o.
her by Miss Lillian Tebbeiis, HArrodsbag. Ny.
Tho present Empress % Austria il passion
Ately fond Of FOX hunting. aud during the past
few weeks has been enjoying the sport IN Great
Britain. with the famous South Cheshire hounds.
The Ssw York Duekiag Club lately purehas-
si the Maamee Bay swamp In Ohio. The swamp
IL several thousand acres In extent, and during
the season Is crowded. With ducks. The deed COS;
nearly $4,000.
Mr. p. LoriIiard has secured y. Webb to ride
races out of lj3 mounts last year. lie came In
second ;? times, and third 20 times. lie won
the Derby on DOneaster in 1879.
Mr.. Charles Reeds stable Of racehorses have
gone to Pimlieo TO prepare for the spring cam
paign. The string comprises Thora. Disturbance.
AequitiAi, Torchiight. Wizard. Hermit. Nighteap,
Mandamus, Iieniopen, Luere,ia, Eliza Bowling,
and Talleyrand.-N y. Sos.
The Duke Of Rutlands hounds had a most
remarkable run In Leieestershire, England, not
long since, crossing streams, AZ high dOod, AMI
ending In kill at the end offour hours. mum.
Der who participated very narrowly escaped
drowning In crossing the flooded rivers.
The most successful troiter Of last season. in
the amount Of money earned, was Maud $. Her
races we're Of an exhibition character and she had
. mortgage on all the money In sight. Her net
winnings appear 90 be ~ 500, and this IL exelu-
sive Of what she received when she trotted at De-
troit, where no amount IL stated. II the star Of
the year received -. 500 there as vas advertised
on handbilis, her winnings In 1851 amounted 20
s2i. o0o the precise sun that Mr.. Vanderbilt paid
for her.
MIR. w. n. Vanderbilt says there 10 but one
horse In the world the equal Of Maud s. In double
harness, aud that u Rarus. A few days ago the
drivers Of the two great road-riders met and brief
~ exchanged views on = very important question.
W. w. Bair said 10 John Murphy 81 wish that
Mr.. Vanderbilt aud Mr.. Bonner would get togeth.
sr and play game Of seven.up 10 decide which
should own the two horses, Maud s. and Rarus.
We're both In the same stable, you would feast
your eyes on team the like Of which has not and
may never be seen." Murphy stroksd his Cali
fornia gold moastaehe and replied, "Billy, would
like 10 see the matter settled in . quicker way
than that Ny suggestion is that the two gentle
men toss up Cor choice" The trouble with BARS
proposition Is that Mr.. Bonner does not know
deuce from jack. therefore be would have 20 be
favored with cart load Of blind luck 20 get away
4. "a aanla Ii Ne a.
phys proposition Il more 10 the point, but We
iesl confident that neither gentieman would care
10 try his hand At dipping eoppers. The pros
pest Of one man owning Rarus and Maud s. and
driving them 70 pole is exceedingly slsndsf.--
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