The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1885-08-09
The World over.

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| CUMMINGS AND GEORGE are in active
training for their three great matches,
which come off next month.
WEBER, with his star. has been max
| ing matters very uncomfortable for the
crank machines at Springfield, Ohio.
LIE. MYERS sails for home August
23rd, with more than his share of the
medals given by the Athletic Clubs of
Old England.
WHY is it that some effort is not made
to bring down the Willards, that nine of
which so much is heard and so little is
known.
DURING THE week we are to have a
game either between the Bankers and
Reds or the Ogdens and Salt Lakers, it
is not yet settled which.
P. LoRRILARD has made five nomina-
tons to the English Derby of 1887. Let
US hope he may be as successful with
one of the five, as he was with Iroquis
in '82.
still valuable as sire, and the plucky
Californians will have the benefit of his
services, as of the many other fine
horses which they have purchased East
! this summer.
The TIME is ripe for fine baseball
tournament in Salt Lake, and the Lead
vile Blues are anxious to meet nine
there; will not West, Ridges, Farley
and Burt see that they are gratified.
MANY OF the great racing stables east
are talking of wintering in California !;
they no doubt think speed is in the air
out west, and so must go, if they desire
| to again defeat such ones as Lucky
Baldwin and Haggin.
IT WILL be notable run that half-a-
! dozen or dozen of our local wheelmen
will take on Wednesday morning; meet
ing on the Temple Block at 4:30 a. M,
they will wheel off for Logan, distance
which they expect to cover in two days;
| fishing-rods and shot-guns will be car
RED.
SHERIFF j. c. NEE, of Pueblo. and
manager of the Pueblo Pastimes, spent
yesterday in the city; he had dispatch
from home stating that his club had
beaten the Hastings in the second game
to |, and made only one error. The
| Denyers and Pueblos were yesterday to
meet in Pueblo.
GENERAL GRANT was great lover of
the trotting horse, and enthusiastic on
the development of speed. 1t was a
subject to which he had given mich at
tention, and one which he treated UNI
derstandingly in conversation. As q
driver he had no mean ability, and very
few enjoyed a ride behind good trotter
better than the dead hero.
THE GREAT race horse, George Kin
ney, owned by the Dwyer Bros, is re
ported as sold to Mr.. Haggin, of Cali
fornia. If really so. he willp rove an
Invaluable ACQUISITION to the far west
eners in their breeding interests. Kim
ney has proved himself one of the best
race horses America ever produced. He
has been racer at all distances, and to
so good use have the Dryers placed his
speed that he is to-day all but broken
down. But they have left him
ED. CoRRIGAN last season refused to
make another entry at the Sheepshead
Bay meetings if their starter. Mr.. Cald-
well. held the flag. and this season mel
has steadily adhered to his refusal. 1t
now looks as though Mr.. Caldwell viii
have to resign the flag to other hands If
they wish the attraction of Mr.. Corri-
CANS strong string at their fall meeting
Caldwell is recognized as good Starte,
bv the ca tern people, but the "Lorril
larl of the West thinks otherwise. s.
he must step down and out. The weS'
erners seem not only capable of carry
ing off the biz stakes and purses but q (;
also having officials remove who haze
proven bnexious TO them.