Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-04-22
SPORTS AND spORTSMEN.
Events of the Past and Futu
That are Talked About.

Events of the Past and Future
That are Talked About.
The result of the late Spring meeting,
from racing point of view, was COM
plete success. The horses that ran in
the different events were representatives
of the best blood in California, and the
number of outsiders in the betting who
upset the talent, was a sure sign that
jobbers and jobbery were conspicuous by
their absence. Perhaps the best
three-year-o that ran during the
week was Dan Dennison's gelding
G. W., who carried off the Los
Angeles derby, but, personally, judging
from the easy manner in which he can
tered home in front of his field for the
mile and quarter dash, l think that
Albert Cooper's 2-year-old colt, Louis F.,
will turn out to be the best of the outfit.
l know G. w. beat him last week at
Fresno, but full particulars of that race
are not to hand, and, if looks go for any
thing, Cooper's colt ought to turn out a
clinker.
The weather during the first four days
of the week was wretched, but pool-sell-
ing was good throughout the meeting,
and the club will quit about even on
their venture.
understand that it is their intention
to give meeting next winter, at which
running races will be the sole attraction,
and, as these are the kind that specially
interest the pu olic, it will doubtless be q
good move on the part of the Club.
Interest in pugilism is on the increase
in Southern California, and as LIE
Blanche, the Marine, Joe Ellingsworth
and Jack Dempsey will soon arrive in the
city, things in the pugilistic line are
likely to become particularly lively.
The fight next Friday, at the California
Athletic Club, between jackson and Car
diff is exciting much interest and but
little betting, owing to the fact that
everybody is anxious to bet his money
on the dusky Australian. A good many
predict that Cardiff will defeat the con-
queror of McAuliffe, and base their opin-
ions on the fact that Jack son has, SO far,
met no man who stood in the first class
of pugilism.
There is an old saying, "Always keep
on backing q winning horse until he is
defeated, and it applies equally to pugil-
isis. IT man wins easily, 1T is bad
pOllCy IO UellItl6 Ills ptIiOrIHdilC6
on the ground that his oppon-
ent was of no account. Jackson
has won his victories without a scratch,
and, in my opinion, it will take a good
deal better man than Patsy Cardiff to
stop his victorious career.
McAuliffe's acceptance of Jem Car
ney's challenge, if / am to believe a
morning contemporary, is perhaps the
most extraordinary that ever appeared
in print. Who ever yet heard Of two
men fighting ten rounds, with bare fists,
London prize-ring rules? 1t may be
news 70 the sporting editor of that paper,
but under London prizering rules, bare
ists are sine qua non, gloves or any
protection to the hands being strictly for
hidden.
Under London prize ring rules, con-
tests are invariably to finish, a limita-
tion to a certain number of rounds is
therefore decided innovation.
In our dispatches will be found the de-
tails of the race between Henry Hence
man, of Stockton, and Long, of San
Francisco. The slough" champion had
easily the best of it from start
to finish. / have always held that it
is great pity that Henceman has
gained for himself an unenviable
reputation for crookedness, for he can, in
my opinion, row away from any man
either on the Parramatta, the Alameda
course or Toronto bay. Henry is "all
there" when yon can count on him.
When he is not-why, his hackers get
left. ANGIcE.