The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1890-06-13
SPORTING NOTES.
Riley. The Winner of the Kentucky
DERBY.
lscaS c. ROSS vs.. FoorpADs.
The Sixth Annual Pigeon shoot Of the
Northwest.

The Avondale stable won ~ .eo7 at
Nashville.
Terra Gotta. the great race horse. il
broken down.
NJ NJ. Morse has been elected secre-
iary Of the National Trotting Association
Ten-niie trotting races are like long
distance running races on the tuff--sel-
dom occurrences.
The Montana Circuit entries are sixty
al Anaconda. sixty-four at Deer Lodge
and sixty-six at Butte
The New York Jockey Club opened
their spring meeting May 30, on the iiIi-
est race course in America.
.The Emperor OF Norfolk will never run
again. When lie did sport the silk he
was sprinter and no mistake.
There are eighteen entries for the
three year-old stake race, Of the Oregon
State Fair.
A consignment Of 100 Shetland ponies
arrived i'm New York recently One was
81 inches high and weighed $50 pounds.
The bill to legallze betting on New Jer-
sey race tracks was just what WAS wanted
20 settle many arguments and discus
sions.
I Blue Belle. the American trotter, won
l the Grand Prize of 600 horins at vi
emma, on May 10. BIne Belle trottea tile
mile in 2 "a
/ Captain Brewer, the champion trap
shot OF the world il in San Francisco.
/ lie will probably shoot several matches
In that city.
The Portland. Me-, Yacht Club has
indorAed the bill now before Congress
''to provide arms and equipments for
naval militia
John Teemer, who ~ one time held
the police Gazette champion chaI-
lenge rowing cup. has opened hotel at
Mckeesport, Pa.
Jack Dempsey ia living vt Portland,
Oregon. lie will remain in that city un-
I'll the La Blanche and Mitchell match is
decided ON June IL.
The Chicago stable Of racers won the
money Of the Nashville spring meeting
The horses that ran under their eolors
scooped in 800.
The selby Live Bird championship
medal was won in Oakland, Cal, MAY
Ia, by g. b. Smith, who succeeded in
killing 81 birds ont Of possible 40.
Black Knight, BY Hindoo-Br BrookIet,
recently ran 5 furlongs in a trial at Nash
vile in an even minute. Black Knight
Is owned by McGuigan, aud is a sprinter.
The lO0-yard foot-raee for $500. be-
tween Harry Campbell, of Pittston, Pa,
and George Sickler, of Towanda, was
run at Wilkesbarre, Pa, on Nav 10.
Campbell won easily in l0s4 seconds.
Secretary King, Of the Charter Oak
Park, Hartford, Conn, notifies Fox Is
Weekly that there are Ill entries for the
SIC, 90 colt race for foals Of 1889 To be
trutted for at Hartford. Conn, in 1892.
Advices from Sidney state that Dun
can G. Ross, the champion athlete. was
attacked by footuads or hushmen. in
Australia. They knocked him down.
but he got up and whipped all three,
knocking one of the bushmen's eyes out
with horn-haAdled stick.
The great pigeon shooting match be-
tween George L. Beck, Of indianapolis,
who holds the national championship,
, and Fred Erb, of Lafayette Ind, the ex-
champion, was decided at indianapolis,
Ind, on May IL. Beck won, killing A
out of so. Erb knocked down 43. Ii
was close shave for the champion.
Hugh Leonard defeated Peter Schu-
macher, of San Francisco in wrestling
match for a purse of $500, at Buffalo,
n. Y. on May Il. The conditions were
Grseco-Roman, best two in three falls
Leonard won the first fall in 20 minutes
y seconds Schumacher took the second
in 8 minutes l3 seconds. Leonard Won
the third fall and the match in 80 min
2 utes 20 seconds.
. Prof. Geo. Whistler, the champion
4 trick swimmer of Australia, came neal
y losing his life at the Golden Gate. Sar
1 Francisco. He was giving an exhibi
4 ton in his Boynton suit, and whils
4 jumping from a steamboat into the wa
a ter tore hole in his suit, and in spite o
/, his efforts he was carried out to sea
!. Several steamers passed him, but not
withstanding his signals OF distress, pait
no attention 10 him. Just about tn,
!, time he supposed he Was going to fur
! nish a meal for the sharks a coaster dis
covered him, hove to and rescued him
/ At Philadelphia, recently, the Mill
n Dealers Protective Association held
:. series OF races on the Driving Park. On'
e of the interesting features. was .sthe tw,
: races by milk dealers in milk wagons
!. One of them, especially, caused unusua
y excitement owing.to an accident. Th'
Il race was won by Nellie, mare owne,
i by Samuel Middleman. After winnin,
she ran plump against the fence, upse
= the milk cans and fell. injuring herself
3 The distance was one mile, aud, consid
= ering the fact that each of the mIlkmel
= had TO place in his wagon three larg
: cans filled with water, and that tn,
= wagons were large and the harness
= heavy, the time, 4 80, was not bad.
The first of the great turf events o
1890, the kentucky Derby, was run a
Louisville, KY, on May IA. Abou
Il, 900 spectators were present TO witnes
the race Robespierre. who was the ia
: vorite just before the race, had his jccke,
Z changed. Francis being substituted 10
. kiley. The little jockey was unable &
q control his horse, and it was d figh
Y throughout. in which Robespierre woul
n be sawed down and held back for a fey
y leaps, only TO take the bit and run 10 tn
o front at pace that was killing to him
Il Riley won it because he was long wa
1t the best horse started. None OF tn
). other five could touch him on that mud
It dy track, and il is doubtful il Bi
>. Letcher, who alone proved to be in th
n same class, could have pushed the grea
,r son OF Longfellow even over dry track
% All talk OF Riley being out of conditio
i. was nonsense. He was never more ii
Clean of limb, sound and strong, ther
was no sign of cough or other indispos
tion. His eye vas clear and bright an