The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-02-24
AND ATHLETIC,
The Turf and the Stable-Ball
and Bat.
Amateur and Professional
Notes.

Thomson, another "dark one"
wants to meet the champion.
Louisville, KY, paid $1,000 last
year to base balIists ss salaries.
America sends four amateur
champion runners to England tn .s
year.
Prof. Miller, the Australian, ex-
poets to reach San Francisco about
March 6.
There ia to be given s115,0 200 in
purses at the Mammoth Park meet
ing in July.
Harvard University has acce pted
the challenge issued by Columbia
for al eight cared race.
The song of eastern pugiiists ad,
dressed 70 Jno. T. Sullivan is,s'We're
Waiting, My Darling, for Thee"
Bennett, alias Durfurt, the Amer
lean amateur champion, recent Y
ran mile in 81 N inutes, Il seconds.
Canary. the fancy rider, has so
far mastered the bicycle that he
can now ride down flight of stairs.
In this country the New Orleans
meeting Is exciting only ordinary
interest, there being hut few OF the
wonderful cracks in the races.
The famous trotling stallion Buc-
cancer, recently dropped dead at
the farm Of his owner near Sierra
mentO, Cal.
John Tecemer, the sculler, is
awaiting Hsnlan's return to chal-
lsrge the champion for any amount
from $1,000 to $1,000
Ifany horse man has a curiosity
to see q handsome horse. let him
watch for Frank Armstrong's bay
colt, which Charlie Darlington is
handling.
The first of Luke Blackburn's get
wss foaled ut Belle Meade, Tenn,
Feb. 1st. His owner says $500, 900
wouldn't buy him if lie gets colts
like himself.
Mr.. James A. Grimstead, q Ken
lucky racing man of great promi-
menceJ recently made an assign
ment. Cause said to be too gener-
Gus to borrowing friends.
Australians are now sending
horses to England to compete for
glory and great stakes at Derby,
EPSON, As cot,St. Ledger and other
noted racing grounds of the "Old
Country"
The Providence Baseball organi.
zation made $4,000 laa. season ever
and above expenses. That must
be q frst-class club to collect 90
much money among the com pany
they have to play against.
Hute hins' recent wonderful per-
formance Of 500 yards in thirty sec.
onds is vOuched for by reliable wit
nesses, one gentleman OF promin-
ence giving is az his opinion that
Hutchins can even beat that.
Messrs. David and Ally Bonne,
recently purchased the gray mare
Day break, half sister to Maud S. on
the side OF her sire and bearing the
same relationship to Jay Eve See
on the side OF Der dam. Though
unframed she should be fast.
English racing circles are con-
siderably exercised ever the rumor
that the Duke Of Westminster is |
shortly to retire from the turf The
Duke has bred his proportion of |
Derby and other great winners, and !
the racing fraternity will certainly /
lose one OF their staunchest and |
most influential supporters in his
retirement.
The members com posing the San
Caledonian Clab, recently
purchased a lot Of ground Cox 100
feet on which they propose 20 erect
a building consisting Of Offices, halls,
stores, gymnasium, etc. The lot |
cost the club SIC, 600; the building
will stand them, when competed,
$4,000 We hope in time the Gale.
donia Club of our own city will
to something as magnificent
rs the foregoing. Certainly we have
the material with which to make a
perfect success ofsuch an organiza-
lion, and In the proper hands it will
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