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Proctor Knott first ran at Nashville. saws
the New York World, where he won the
West Side stakes. At Louisville he won the
Alexander stakes. He was unplaced for the
Runnymede, as he also was for the Harold at
Latonia, but he was second for the Sensation,
being beaten a length by Kasson, to whom he
was giving 10 pounds. At Chicago he re-
deemed himself by winning the Kenwood
stakes, whence he went to Saratoga, where
he was given a grand preparation for the
Junior Champion, which he won with the
greatest ease. He was taken back to Sara
toga, where he won the Equity stakes on the
18th ult. He was brought down to -Sheepshesd
bay and was fitted for his great effort by Sam
Bryant, who, it is said, left his stall but for q
few minutes at q time before the race.
His winnings, up to the present time,
amount in stakes and purses alone to $685.
265. He has started nine times, won SIX
races, been second once and unplaced twice.
His engagements for the remainder of the
season are of minor Importance, as the rich
est 2-year-old stakes nave all been run of.
He is well engaged for next season, however,
and of the richest 3-yoar-old stakes in which
he is entered the most prominent are the
Two Thousand sweepstakes, at the Nashville
spring meeting, the Kentucky Derby, and
Clark stakes at til" Louisville spring meet
ing and the Lorili..,. md Stephens stakes at
Monmouth Park.
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once saw that here was a wonder, and a de-
sirable acquisition for his fancy riding. Ha
had no idea of the future that awaited his
protege. Temple was secured mostly for his
abilities as a fancy rider. He had a makeup
as a young lady that was SO good that he
easily passed for one of the opposite sex with
many spectators. Woodside n Morgan
were to do the racing. 1t wasn't a bad trio
at that. Scarcely had the other side been
reached when the little fellow began to show
the Britons such pedaling as they had never
before seen. With scarcely any experience
to speak of he beat all the crack riders at all
distances, and gave Howell the hardest work
any one was ever known to. He won
sixty races in succession, and while abroad
won 100 first prizes, most of them from
scratch. From the quarter up to the mile,
Morgan considers Temple superior to Howell,
and a good match from the latter distance
to ten miles. He beat Howell four times in
succession, from half a mile to twenty, SO
that he shows not only speed, but endurance.
He is now riding a %fifty-three inch wheel,
and his weight is $50 pounds.
, 1888-10-13

3sTrap shooting bears almost the Same rela-
Non to field shooting that punching a sane
nag does to n prize fight, yet there are thou
te4tds of experts at the trap who never heard
Hhe roar of a pheasant as it sails through the
Rpver, or the whir of a quail above the
brown stubble field. There is no denying the
Bact, however, that the trap affords a great
heal of enjoyment to lovers of shotgun prac-
Vice. In localities where game has been
Ayiven away by the inroads of civilization,
Hhe trap offers the only field for the display
of craftsmanship, and tits a great boon to
those lovers of field sportswhose occupation
would be entirely gone except for the oppor-
tunity it affords them
Several years ago, says the st. Louis Globe
Democrat, the lovers of trap shooting began
to realize that it would be only a question of
time when the fleet winged blue wood pigeon
would become extinct, and began planning
something to take the place,of the beautiful
birds that had been SO relentlessly pursued
and slaughtered for food purposes and Melted
for the trap shooters to murder and main.
Live blackbirds were tried, but with indiffer-
emit success, as the uncertainty of their fight
when released from the trap made them u
poor mark for the shooters.
About a dozen years ngo.Capt. Bogardus,
the champion trap shot of the world, intro
duced the glass ball to thesshooting public,
and convinced the world by his wonderful
exploits in breaking the balls as thrown from
n trap, that they were a success as n substi-
tutc for live birds. Bogardus, in 1878, at
Gilmore's garden, in New York, succeeded
in accomplishing the greatest feat of skill
and endurance ever attempted in trap shoot
ing by breaking 5000 glass balls in six hours,
thirteen minutes and forty-ive seconds, and
missing but 1856 balls in the whole match.
To shoot this match it took seventy pounds
of powder and 500 pounds of shot.
While the glass ball was hailed as a god
send to the trap shooters, it was soon demon
strated that it lacked many essential points
as asuccessful substitute for live birds. Its
flight from the trap was altogether different
from that of a bird, and required a peculiar
knack to become,a successful shot at glass
balls.
Just at this time the clay pigeon was Of
fered to the shooters, and they at.once recog-
nized in it something that would fill the place
that must inevitably be left vacant by the
total destruction of live pigeons The clay
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PROCTOR KNOTT.
The Winner of the Futurity and Hi
RAcard-

Record.
Proctor Knott was foaled at Belle Meade,
Tenn, his dam, Tallapoosa, having been
nominated for the Futurity by the owners Of
Belle Meade, W. G. Harding & Co, and was
sold a yearling by Col. S. D.. Bruce, April 80,
1887, to Sam Bryant for $3.50, who at once
claimed the name of Proctor Knott, saying
that as Luke blackburn was a good governor
of Kentucky and his namesake a good horse,
he would try and see IL the coincidence
would follow, Proctor Knott having been a
popular governor OF the state from 1883 to
1887. In breeding Proctor Knott land it is
now to be more than ever regretted that he
is a ~gelding) is thoroughly a representative of
Belle Meade, his sire and dams sire still be-
ing in service at the farm
, 1888-10-13

agreeable gentle
a and though
the feeling here
was for McPhee to
win, a real hearty
cheer went up from
the two hundred
odd spectators pres
emit when he landed
winner. Mr., Car
ter shot against
c. W. McPhee and
Q. A. Met lure.
Mr.. Carter shot ut
forty-fve birds,
killed forty-three
and missed two,
, 1888-10-13

Illinois, and in an
Q yen race t h Q
youngster won by
a foot, and aston
ished Morgan by
his superb riding.
Morgan rode a
c and the boy a
roadster. In a n
other race, Morgan
C o n d. t h 9
youngster forty
yards in a handi-
cap,and was beaten
by the clever squirt
of the little fellow.
The professional at
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Mr.. James Wyllie, the champion draught
player of the world, intends revisiting Aus
tralia after be has completed his tour through
New Zealand. In the latter place he has
played about five thousand games and only
lost seven of them.
, 1888-10-13

In the rules governing trap shooting every
precaution is taken 10 guard against injury
to participants or spectators, either from nc
cidents or careless handling of guns. The
rules which direct flight" shooting, as all
ipanimate targets are called, are generally
the same as those in vogue in live bird
shooting. One advantage to the shooter,
however, is that when he hits a flight il
generally counts, as there is no such thing MS
falling beyond bounds, as is the case in live
pigeon shooting.
There are a variety Of flights, and each
make has its devotees, yet they are all so
nearly alike IL motion that it really makes
, 1888-10-13

while the others missed three. MIR. Carter
won the Jerseyyille qlls) Central Illinois
Sportsmen association gold badge at live
birds in 1885, and also the year after-1Ss6.
This shoot closed the most successful shoot
ing tournament ever held in America.
, 1888-10-13

w. Byrd Page, the champion high jumper
OF the world, has retired for good Mr.. Fage
has been selected as one of the assistant In
speation engineers of the Edison Electric
Light company of Philadelphia
, 1888-10-13
Dr.. Vagaer&ca.
sHpCrALrsrs

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TO relieving the afflicted and saving
them from worse than death, is no less a
"philanthrophist and a benefactor to his race
than the surgeon or physician wholly close ap-
plication excels IN any other b anch of his pro-
fession. And, fortunately for humanity the day
is dawning when the false philanthrophy that
condemned the victims of folly or crime, like
the iepers under the Jewish law, to die uncared
for, has passed away.
YOUNG ME,N
Whomay besuffering from the effects of youth
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themselves of this the greatest boon ever laid
at the alter of suffering humanity. DIR. WAC
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MIDDLE-AGED MEN.
There are many men OF the age of 30 to 60 who
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Wagner will guarantee a cure in all such
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See the Doctors additional advertisement in
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can.
All communications should be addressed
DR.. WAGNER & co.
l4l4 Larimere street. Address, Box 27sS, Den
yer, Colorado.
Cut this out and take along
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buque. He SO II
proved his ability
as a general player.
He could play any
base and any place
in the field He
played in st. Louis
W b Q n in I b Q
League, and when
l d ! a n a polls
bought the League
franchise he went
to that city. Du-
luth bought his re
lease and he be
came the IN ain
stay of the club in
1887. When Duluth
gave up the ghost
Quinn went to Des
Moines, u n d Q r
Manager Morton,
playing d
base. There he
made a great hit,
and developed so
rapidly that he was
considered the best
sacon6 basamau in
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L s. Carter.

Mr.. L. S. Carter, who recently won worlds
championship cup at Cincinnati, is, says
The Enquirer, a modest, u~nassuminC,
, 1888-10-13
BosToN's LATEST.

Jos Quinn. Their New Second Base1nan.
and His Record.
In Quinn, Boston is now the proud posses
sor of one of the best second basemen ia the
profession. He is not, as many suppose, n
new acquisition to the League. Four years
ago, when the Lucas team represented St.
Louis in the League, he was a member of
that now defunct aggregation. He was in
fast company then, said a Boston CORES
pondent. sin the team were Dunlap, Glass
cock, Boyle, Dolan, Doc. Shaffer and Nc
Cormick. Ted Sullivan, now manager of
the Washingtons, brought the lad from Du.
, 1888-10-13
A FAMOUS eIcYcLlsT.

Ralph Temple and How He First Came
Out.
Ralph Temple, the bicyclist, was first
brought out by Morgan of the American
team. Morgan first met Temple in northern
, 1888-10-13

Jac. Pcltz is considered the best right
l-ldcr in the International association.
, 1888-10-13

PEORIA BLAcKBIRD TRAP AND DLAcKBIRD.
pigeon is nothing like a real bird, but simply
a disk about four inches in diameter, very
light and thin, followed out on the under
side something like a SANGER. As this target
is thrown from the trap with a rotary mo-
ton, it starts low to the ground, sails off
about like the flight of a quail or fast flying
duck, and gives the shooter a fair mark as it
ascends, at the top Of the target, and on the
descent e close shooting gun will do good
work in the followed underside.
Says Capt. Bogardus: az think clay pigeons
will take tho place of live pigeons in general.
If clubs would set five clay pigeon traps and
shoot according to English rules, with the
use of one barrel, and stand eighteen yards
rise, it would be as difficult as any pigeon
shooting. The clay pigeon sails Off far enough
TO use both barrels if necessary, and il clubs
wish to shoot that way.n
, 1888-10-13
MHnR1zaxhfR8-
TRAP SHOOTING
A Gentleman's Pastime Which
Dates from Way Back.

IT is AN EXPENSIVE SPORT.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-08-03
For Sale or Trade--Corpus Christi
PrOnertv.

We have a beautiful residence of seven
rooms. barn, stable, and all necessary out
buildings, together with over seven acres or
land, all nicely improved and situated on the
bluff at Corpus Christi This desirable proper
ty we can sell at the low figure of 5000, and
take one-half in improved San Antonio prop
erty. The situation is lovely and everything
in good condition; there is a fine oyster bed in
front and fish tank fifty feet in diameter back
of house. A desirable residence IN every par
ticular.
NNWO-Fine building lots for sale, size l10x170
/ feet, in block 1877, west of San Pedro creek,
adjoining Krisch property. Inquire of I. b.
Johnson, LIGHT Office
The above is only partial list of come of
the fine properties in our hands for SALE,
One hundred acres of irrgable land finely
improved; thirty acres in cultivation; teD
acres in corn; two sets of buildings: hydraulic
ram supplying buildings with water, the
water furnished from pure never falling
springs. Good fish pond well stocked With
German carp: fine orchard of peaches, pears.
plums, apples, cherries, grapes, figs and other
fruits; this land fronts the Blanco river, ana
is one of the finest tracts of land for all pur-
poses in the state; will sell or exchange for
San Antonio city property.
Who wants a cheap farm, 100 acre farm, alb
fenced. fine soil, 40 acres in cultivation, three
small houses ten milk cows, 30 head of stock,
one yoke ope and farm wagon, tank and well
water, IL mile from r. r. station, everything
goes for 81 200 rs
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-08-03
Vacant Town Lots.

Two beautiful corner lots on Goliad street.
(69)-
One lot on Dignowity hill, 65xlS8 feet, south
front. H-3
desirable building lot near 1. & G. N. rail
road depot, cheap. (54)
Four "a acre blocks on Prospect hill, nicely
situated. Price $500 per acre. 4O
Six lots on Prospect hill, at $685. each-a
bargain.
One acre of ground on Government hill,
beautiful building site. 49l
2beautiful lots, on Augusta street, for 5000
each: worth $1,000 each l10-2
Fine lot on San Pedro avenue, 55h by %
feet.Price $1,000. 1914
2 acres on North Flores street beautifully
situated. Can be bought cheap. 100
acres on North Flores street can be sub
divided to good advantage into building lots
lO5
Two lots on Grayscn and Trueheart streets,
irrigable with southern exposure. C3S)-3
Six large irrigable lots north of I. s. G. N.
r K. depot: cad be sold very cheap. 1912
Four lots on River avenue, southeast cor
ner, very desirable, will be sold cheap. (39)-3
Two beautiful building lots, 50xl45 feet, ait
uated on DignOwity hill. 1873
A beautiful building lot on King William
street near street car line, Is varas front. (S0
large lot 3Ox6O varas fronting on South
Medina street. good place for stock pens. 1881
For Sale.-16 fine large lots, in old.4th ward,
will be sold single or in n blocks and very
cheap. 1874
7 large fine lots, for S25 each, located in east
part of the city; must be sold together and
quick. 1913
Fine lot on San Pedro avenue on south side,
55h, feet front by 80 varas deep. beautiful
building site. G6)
We have few large, cheap lots, located
near the Sunset depot and new public schoo
building.
Four lots, near l. & G. N. depot, fine location
for stock pens, hydrant water, with switch for
loading stock. 79
One large lot 20x70 varas, near new public
school house on Government Hill. Price 500,
half cash. 1t is worth $3.50. 66-3
Large lot on North Flores street 6Ox3O0 feet,
fronting on two streets, only $4,000
one half in cash very desirable To-
cation. (46
Two beautiful building lots on avenue D.
the boulevard of San Antonio, can be bouRf (
cheap and on reasonable terms. t4A a Aspiiz
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-08-03
Wonderful Cures.

A. Dreiss, wholesale and retail druggist of
San Antonio, Tex, saws: "We have been sell
ing DIR. Kings New Discovery, Electric Bit
tiers and Bucklen's Arnica Salve for four
years. Have never handled remedies that sell
as well, or give such universe satisfaction.
There have been some wonderful cures effect
ed by these medicines in this city. Several
cases of pronounced consumption have been
entirely cured by use of few bottles of DR.
Kings New Discovery, taken in connection
with Electric Bitters, We guarantee them
always. Sold bv A. DRESS. l-9ly
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Furnished Free,

If you wish to send reliable information
about San Antonio and West Texas, to your
friends back in the states. call on Hambleton,
Hadley & Co., who will furnish all you want
FREE 3-31-tf
For Sale, Ice Machines.
We have two good ice machines, all COM
plete and in good working order, with capac-
ity of FIVE tons per DAY. Price, $4,000.
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A neat cottag of five rooms, large yard and
good stable, hydrand water only $l3 per
month. 1888
Four room frame house, and good stable,
city and cistern water. only three blocks from
high school Sll per month. 1S9
Frame house suitable for store and dwelling
IN Santa Clara street. SIS per month, 1856
Four room house in south Centre street,
good garden So per month to first class party.
1873
A large fine rock store, one of the best
business corners in the city. Rent cheap, 175.
Furnished house of rooms in center of city,
for S35 per month. 1T
Beautiful room house on Government hill
Delightful summer location. 175
Large rock store-room. with cellar an d
wagon-yard, on Commerce street. 1913
Beautiful furnished front room for one or
two gents, on St. Mary street. III
Rock house of four rooms aad two acres of
irrigable land in old Fourth ward; SIS per
month. IT.
Good Grocery house, fixtures all complete;
business location; $50 per month. 140
Frame house of rooms, servants room
and stable, lots, city water; located on San
Pedro avenue. II
Rock house of rooms, large hall, gallery,
etc. stable for 10 horses; over an acre of land;
nice location; inside city limits; for rent very
cheap. 139
Three room house on West Houston street;
So per month, city water. 1856
Hambleton. HadIeY g. Co
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Trustees Sale.
THE STATE OF TEXAS, |
COUNTY OF BEXAR.

THE STATE OF TEXAS,
COUNTY OF BEXAR.
Whereas, on the 10Th day of May A. d.,
1887, A. j. Vanlandingham and wife, Min
ME G. Vanlandingham, did convey unto w.
A. BOnynge, by deed of trust duly recorded
in the records of BeXar county Texas, in
Volume 81, on pages 327, 3!S and 800, the
following described property, tO-wt: All
those certain tracks or parcels of land lying
and being situated in the County of BeXar,
and State of Texas, and within the cOrpO-
rate limits of the City of San Antonio and
more particularly described as follows, to-
wit: Being lots Nos. eleven Q1) and twelve
Q2), in Block No. four a., of the subdivs-
ions of original city lot No. SiXty-nine 800
west of San Pedro Creek, and north of Cas-
trOVille road, or now West Commerce
street. according to a plot of the Subdi-
visions of said original lot No. SO, on file in
the office of City Engineer of San Antonio,
Texas, and whereas, said conveyance was
made for the purpose of securing the pay
ment of a certain prOmiSsOry note for the
sum of $4,000, of even date with said deed
of trust, payable to the order of l.. l.. Good
rich, twelve months after the date thereof,
and whereas, it is provided in said deed of
trust, that upon the failure of the makers of
said note to pay the same when it should be-
come due and payable, said trustee should
sell all of said property at the request of l..
l.. Goodrich, and whereas, said deed of
trust further provides that in case of the
failure of said trustee w. A. BOnynge, 10
act as such trustee and perform the trust
imposed upon him, that then the said Good
rich should have full power to appoint sub
stitute in the place of said BOnynge, and
that said substitute trustee should have all
the powers therein delegated to the said w.
A. Bonynge, and whereas, said w. A. Bon
ynge has failed to perform said trust, and
whereas, said Goodrich on the 2Sth day of
July, A. d. 1888, did appoint the undersigned
trustee in the place and stead of said w. A.
BOnynge and said Goodrich having request
ed me to perform said trust and advertise
said property for sale. Now, therefore, /,
w. w. Walling, substitute trustee, by virtue
of the power vested in me by said deed of
trust and said appointment as substitute
trustee in accordance with the terms of said
deed of trust will, on the 22nd day of Au-
gust, A. ID. 1888, between the hours of 10
O'clock a. M, and o'clock p. IN, at the court
house door of BeXar County, Texas, sell all
of the above described lands and premises to
the highest bidder for cash in hand; and
after such sale, | will make to the pur-
chaser or purchasers thereof, a good and
sufficient warranty deed to the property so
sold, in the names of the said A. J. Van
landingham and wife, Minnie G. Vanland-
ingham.
Given under my hand this 91st day of
July, A. d. 1888.
w. w. MAILING,
got Substitute Trustee.
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44SO acres is McMullen county ,unimprov-
ed, watered by three creeks and natural tanks
This is good grazing and farming land and
can be bought for $50 per acre and years
time 81
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West OF CITY. PTICt, S0,UOU.
We have acres of land all fenced; extra
good house. located just outside of the city
limits, can be bought for what improvements
cost; terms one-half cash and monthly pay
ments.
Coal mine. about 800 acres, near a thriving
city, leased for 40 years, vein between and 3
feet thick. 40 feet from surface. Contract for
all coal that can be mined at a good margin
can be bought cheap on account of owner go
ing to Europe.
One of the finest vineyards and orchards
in the country. Fifteen thousand vines of
best quality of grape from three TO ten years
Old and an orchard of 1900 choice fruit tree
such as apple, peach, pear and apricot. All
irrigable land and fine improvements on the
place. Call and see photograph Of the plac
and get full particulars.