The Bad Lands cow boy. [volume] (Little Missouri, Dakota [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-1886, 1884-02-21

SPORTING NOTES.
The Countess 81 Stamford paid $500
for Barcaldines ~
The Cleveland baseball club will have.
q reseIye team located at Akron, g. ss3j3,
Conimodore IKittson wishes to sell 36l
Of his racing horses, all in training
The lightest jockey at the New Orleans
meeting was Rivers; weight, 80 pounds.
Geo. ". Hamilton, Of Fredonia, \. " is.
the champion jumper at "A feet, 9 inches,
S}s The Ohio river floods damaged the Gin
icinnati Union baseball grounds TO the
extent Of s., 600. q 3535
The Milwaukee curriers' ssbearded the
lion in its dem successfully having won
the International contest at Montreal. u
/ Seven thousand dollars has been raised
o5pay the expenses Of the PhiladeI alpha
cricket team on its coming trip to Eng-s
land.
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It is estimated that 8, 900 deer have
been killed in the Adiron dacks by the
use Of dogs in the open season just
closed. 81. I; Ess{ ,55 ;.ss
Cock-fghting is recognized as : iegftf-
mate sport at Columbia, S. C. Acock-pit
has been licensed and Is regularly at
tended by all classes Of citizens.
aPlunger" Walton will return to Eng
laud in April and arrange his betting
losses. It will be remembered that he
left England last fall owing q large
amount. .l 5sj L. VA j.$ IS
Mitchell will soon return from Eng
land and will then back himself to fight
any man in America, Sullivan preferred.
he has recently won about $1,000 in
England. $::si y
Rowell, Vint, Hazel and Fitzgerald
are in training for the six-lays' go-as-
you-please, to begin at Madison Square
Garden, Feb. "a. It is the opinion that
the highest record will be broken.
The stock of the st. Paul club is now
all taken and there will be a good club in
that place this summer. Minneapolis
and Saltwater also belong to the North
western League and will have good
mines, 81 4 Ii Il II
Rowing, like baseball, is fast losing
the faint Of dishonesty that has chung to
it since such men as Courtney we're rec
ognized as leading opponents of the
sport. Rigorous rules have put a stop to
most Of the dishonesty. ..
The pool privilege at the opening
meeting Of the Washington Park club, at
Chicago, was sold for 81, 4o5 per day. The
official pools sold at the meeting must
aggregate 500, 800 to make this SUN
good Mirror Of American. Sports. .5$55ts
The programme Of stakes for the Chi
eago mid summer meeting has been an
nounced. The races last from July II to
| Aug. 20, there being three regular racing
days each week. The other days will
probably be filled up with new events.
The winter meeting at New Orleans
has been grand success. Large crowds
attended and there was generally good
weather throughout. Some Of the win.
ners are Princess, Manitoba, Sorrel Dan
Centennial, Bou1otte, Athlone and Eel
lowplay. q .s..t .,y
The famous trio Eole, Eolis and Eolite
were all sired by R. J. Hancock's stallion
War Dance. Mr.. Hancock does not be
lieve in racing horses under the three
year; old form. The three !named were
sold for an aggregate of $4,000 as un
tried colts. ~ ,@-%
Duncan C. Ross, Of Cleveland, hacker Of
Meryine Thompson, means business il
his challenge to Sullivan. He will bach
Thompson for from $1,000 to $500 tt
fight Sullivan to q finish. Thompson
has many friends in Cleveland and car
find plenty of backing.
Birch lake, near Beaumont, Mich, il
one of the best lakes in the United
States for pickcrel. They are of unccm
monty large size and bite voraciously
! Over 800 men are fishing in the lake, al
hired by one firm. The fish are shipped
to Buffalo and there packed in boxes ant
barrels to supply the trade
Bicycling now occupies the proud posi-
ton of being one Of the best of our ma
tional sports. No dishonesty has ATTACHED
| itself to it and bicycle clubs composed O
the best citizens are to be found in near
ly every city Of any size. It is expected
that the coming summer will witness
remarkable growth of interest in bicycl
ing. 4 i2... 81 III
The full report Of the schefer- Vignau,
billiard tournament indicates that bettel
billiards was played than ever before
The game played was the balk-line cham
pionship game. For those who have mo-
seen this game played it is utterly impos
sible to realize its difficulties. Schafer'l
highest runs were POI and 1875: Vignauxt
1928 and 1923, both runs being far ahead O.
the record GAG, made by himself at TIL
j Chicago tournament. The total scores
were: Vignaux, 5000. average a. 5s-67
schafer, 1858, average AZ 54.57. {,
4, The loss Of stock on the ranges 50 fa
B this winter has been nothing, SO far a!
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