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

SPORTING NOTES.
The Countess Of Stamford paid e8Ooo
for Barcaldine. 4; ;23
The Cleveland baseball club will have
areseEye team located at Akron, Q. I,
Commodore IKittson wishes to sell 36
of his racing horses, all in training
The lightest jockey at the New Orleans
meeting was Rivers; weight, 80 pounds.
Geo. W. Hamilton, Of Fredonia, N. r, is
the champion jumper at a feet, 9 inches,
The Ohio river floods damaged the Gin
cinnati Union baseball grounds to the
extent Of $3,O 600. Sas Il.
s The Milwaukee curriers' bearded the
lion in its den" uccessfulIy, having won
the international contest at Montreal.
Seven Thousand dollars has been raised
to- pay the expenses Of the Philadelphia
cricket team on its coming trip to Eng
Hand. sd II.
It is estimated that 5000 deer hare
been killed in the Adirondacks by the
use of dogs in the open season just
closed. s.ss., 5a e b .S.S4 N :.t,
Cock-fghting is recognized as legitf-
mate sport at Columbia, S. C. A cockpit
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 be
left England last fall owing large
amount. Il
Mitchell viii 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. .t ~ s 5,.
RowelI, Vint, Hazel AID Fitzgerald
are in training for the six-days' go-as-
you-please, to begin at Madison Square
Garden, Feb. "a. 1t 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 good club in
that place this summer. Minneapolis
and Saltwater also belong to the North
western League and will have good
mines. 81 a. &.
Rowing, like baseball, is fast losing
the taint Of dishonesty that has clung to
it since such men as Courtney were rec
ognized as leading exponents of the
sport. Rigorous rules have put stop to
most Of the dishonesty.
The pool privilege at the opening
meeting of the Washington Park club, at
Chicago, was sold for s., ,405 per day. The
official pools sold at the meeting must
aggregate s7o4,sOO to make this SUN
good Mirror Of American Sports "A
The programme Of stakes for the Chi
cago midsummer meeting has been an
nounced. The races last from July II tx
Aug. 20, there being three regular racing
days each week. The other days will
probably be filed up with new events.
1
The winter meeting at New Orleans
has been grand saccess. Large crowd'
attended and there was generally goot
weather throughout. Some of the win
ners are Princess, Manitoba, Sorrel Dan
Centennial, Boulotte, Athlone and Eel
lowplay. ..
| The famous trio Eole, Eolis and Eolit,
were all sired by R. J. Hancock's stallion
/ War Dance. Mr.. Hancock does not be
| lieye in racing horses under the three
year old form. The three tnamed wer'
sold for an aggregate of $4,000 as un
tried colts.
Duncan C. Ross, of Cleveland, hacker o
Meryine Thompson, means business il
his challenge to Sullivan. He will bacI
Thompson for from $1,000 to $500 t,
fight Sullivan to a finish. Thompson
has many friends in Cleveland and cal
find plenty of backing.
Birch lake, near Beaumont, Mich, i
one of the best lakes in the Unite,
States for pickcrel. They are Of uncom
monty large size and bite voraciouslJ
Over 500 men are fishing in the lake, al
hired by one firm. The fish are shippe
to Buffalo and there packed in boxes an
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 attache
itself to it and bicycle clubs composed 0
the best citizens are to be found in near
ly every city of any size. It is expecte,
that the coming summer will witness
remarkable growth of interest in bicycl
ing.
The full report Of the Schefer-vignau
billir-,dd, tournament indicates that bette
bill was played than ever before
, The played was the balk-line cham
, piot anne. For those who have no
seens ame played it is utterly impos
sible to realize its difficulties. Sch@fer'
highest runs were POI and 1876: Vignaux'
1928 and a2s, both runs being far ahead 0
7, the record 246, made by himself at tn
Chicago tournament. The total score
were: Vignaux, 5000. average a 5a-67
!, Schefer, 1858, average AZ 54-57.r &,
, The loss Of stock on the ranges SO ia
this winter has been nothing, SO far a
: we have been able to learn, and If we
not have more, than fifteen DAYS of es