Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-12-27
A FLooRED.
Our Andy" Lays Out the Cali
fornla Pugilist-The Carnival
of Sport.

nave witnessed the performances.
But owingto bad management on
the part of the sports in charge,
the box office was not ready for
business until a quarter Of eight, by
which time a large number of per-
cons had tried to go in admittance
and not being able to do so, were
compelled to leave on account OF
the Indictment weather. In spite
| of this stroke of mismanagement,
however, the second floor was well
filled, while in the parquette a fair
sprinkling of ladies and gentlemen
was noticeable.
The curtain rose shortly after
eight, the performance opening
| with a novelty race of one mile,
between three boys-Crosswhits,
Lambert and Curry. After about
twenty-five laps had been made one
OF the runners fouled Crosswhite,
at which one of the ladies in the
audience arose to her feet and
| claimed the race for the Cross
white kid. The leader of the Or
chestra took Il hand in the matinee,
admitting the foul, but asking
that the race be run owe The
referee allowed this and the boys
were called to the scratch. Lam
bert was worn out and young
Roberts took his place. The word
was gwen and this time the mile
was completed, Curry winning,
with Roberts a close second.
When the ace vas over, the lady
who claimed a foul and the orchestra
leader resumed their seats, the
former not at all satisfied with the
result.
Nh. Carter, the master of GER
emenies. then announced the
novelty race. Baker took the
master on his back, and ran a lap
before Grant Mickey, the colored
pedestrian, could run two.
The next event was an exciting
match between Carter and Mason,
the latter attempting to square heel
and toe a mile to a running mile
and a quarter by Carter. He put
up a good exhibition, but was
unable to beat the runner
The evening performance wound
up with a sparring contest be-
tween Love, the lightweight cham
pion of the Pacific coast, and Andy
Bunton, the we'll known local bag
gageman. Though Bunton is by
no means a professional, he gave
Love a pointer Oh tive that he will
always remember. When the
California thumper stepped out,
his face wore a confident express
sion and he put up his dukes in a
manner that would have made any
tenderfoot but Andy Buntsn quail
with fear. But the young man
stepped up and began to take his
medicine without a grunt. But
the beauty of the thing was, he
paid the Californian well for every
dose he received from him. The
match was announced to be of four
three minute rounds. At the end
| of the first round both men were on
their feet, but the Westerner
was a bit shaky. The second
round closed with Love getting
tangled up among the wings as a
result of a shoulder blow from
Bunton. The audience grew wild
at the home mans success, and
before time was called for the third
round the gentlemen IN the gallery
were yelling for the men to be
brought on. Bunton showed up in
time, but Love was slow. He
came out at length and after spar
ring cautiously for a half minute
made a drive at his young op-
ponent, who eeuntered and came
back with a terrific right handler,
raising the Californian from his
peds. He fell in a lump at Bun
toms feet and the crowd jumped to
its feet and shouted in a manner
that suggested Mexican bull fight
enthusiasm. The leader of the or
chestra threw his chair on the
stage and the trombone player
awakened the echoes with a
Gabrielan blast. The show was
over and as the hackers of the Cali
fornian carried their man to his
DIRE ssing room the audience made
a rush for the lobby, where it sur
rounded the hero of the evening
much after the fashion of mourners
at a country camp meeting after the
preacher has closed his three hour
discourse. After congratulations,
the crowd resumed the seats and
called for another round, but Love
| was lost.
A Christmas Dinner.
Mrs. S. 7. Rorer, in the Deem
Der Table Talk, says that "whils
curious novelties are hunted up for
other stated feasts, the Christmas
bill of fare has remained unchang-