Omaha daily bee., 1889-10-20
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Miscellaneous Local SPORTS.


Miscellaneous Local Sports
c. c. Williams reports jack snipe IN goodly
numbers east of the Missouri valley.
The taxing of the gun meets with the
universal approva! of American sportsmen.
There is also toerable good sport to be
found on the Loup river, twenty miles north
of kearney.
Kllgallon and Hart, the hand ball players,
will organize the Omaha Hand Ball club
Thursday evening.
The press throughout the state, it is pleas
ing to note, is taking commendable inter
est in the protection of our fish and game.
Manager Prince, of the Coliseum goes to
Sioux City, ST. Paul and Minneapolis this
week in the interests of the proposed polo
league.
The Big LagoOn-a large track of marShy
land lying about twelve miles northeast of
Hastings-is affording good duck and snipe
shooting.
Manager Prince is negotiating with Billy
Muldoon and his combination for a date at
the Coliseum. Matsada Sorachi has joined
this combination.
Frank Kleinz the champion wing shot of
Philadelphia is the last man to fall back and
acknowledge the superiority of Charlie Budd,
of Des Moines and his little gun.
The oldest living naturalist, Mr. Andrew
Downs, says that he has never known any
one, not even an Indian, finding the nest of
the Canada goose d. Canadensis).
Billy Hennessey, an Omaha pugilst and a
tough one at that, was knocked out in Frisco
Wednesday night by Charley Turner 1t
was hard fight and lasted for forty-five
rounds.
Major j. NJ Taylor, general manager of
the American Shooting association, left New
York Wednesday on IA tour of the western
cities. He VIII spend Sunday next in
Omaha.
The last issue of the California Dramatic
and Sporting News contains fine portrait
of John j. Hardin, of this city, who is just
now figuring conspicuousy in sporting af-
fairs on the coast.
T. II. Hurley, j. ID. Mcfarland, L. c.
Burr and H. ID. Hathaway, of Lincoln, re.
Gently returned from deer hunt in the
Wind River mountains, Wyoming, and re-
port that ranchman up there on October 3
killed huge hull moose.
In England. the home of the greyhound,
the most elegant, graceful and aristocratic
specimen of the canine family, coursing has
been for years one Of their chief pastimes,
and to-day the Waterloo meeting on the
plains of Altcar is the grand sporting event
of the spring, the winners command fabulous
prices
All lovers of field contests with whatever
| specially can unite their interests in cours
! ing, it being thoroughly scientific and of a
kind that appeals TO our American tastes, as
J it combines great activity, grace and skill in
! hOrsemanship and the movements OF the
! greyhOunds is for blood, aud close with a
| rush Anything like iockeying is out of the
| question, as the greyhounds are wholly free
aud at their best.
| AS an al! around dead game sport the
/, country has produced few superiOrs 10 Will
| lam Magner, alias Sporty" Bill, Of this city,
| He is a general athlete-bOxer, rover, swim
mer, runner, ball player and crack shot In
London, England, in rs, he ran mile in IL
| minutes and 43 seconds, and on the polo
grounds in New York, IN the spring OF II, he
| jumped over the grand stand on a 81 900
wager Mr.. Magner thinks ne stands feet
| IL inches in his socks, weighs anywhere under
| ton, when in condition. Chest measure
ment, As inches, biceps ~, and wears No.
| % hat, He competes in the field trials at
| Wahoo Christmas day