Los Angeles daily herald., 1890-02-17
SPORTING MATTERS.
Isems OF Interest From all over the
Country.

Country
Mr.. Bonner has been laid up with the
grip and Maud s. has had her shoes
taken off.
William Beach, the Australian sculler,
ridicules Hsnlan's reasserted claim to
the worlds championship.
The Societe encouragement of
France gives over Ell 900 to the various
French Provincial race meetings.,
A ten-round sparring match will take
place tomorrow evening at the Los An
celes Athletic Club between two scientific
hitters.
There is a new superstition that "the
fighter who has dirty corner ia the man
who is going to be whipped" This is
well enough for superstition.
Jake Kilrain gets $500 for his three
months' service as sparring instructor at
New Orleans. If ne decides to remain
after that length of time he will be paid
5000 year.
Joe Choynski, the San Francisco pu-
pilist. is to fight James MeLarney, the
Irish giant, shortly, at Portland. Ore.,
for eight rounds, but if the referee cannot
decide winner the men are to fight un-
til he can.
Boston creditors of Ike Weir had rep
resentatives in the club-room in San
Francisco the night that he fought MUIR
ply, with papers which would have at
tached Weir's purse money had he come
out the victor.
Sam Blakelock and Dave Burke, who
is brother of Jack Burke, are likely to
meet in London shortly, as Blakelock
has accepted Burke's challenge to fight
at 1872 pounds for $500 side, any style,
for any number of rounds.
A new eight-oared shell is being built
by Davy, the CAM bridge boat builder,
for the Harvard varsity crew. The lines
will be far different from these Of the
cedar shell used last season. Its length
will be sixty feet six inches, and its
width twenty-four inches.
Franklin Park, one of the oldest Srot-
ting tracks in the country, has been sold
at auction and will be cut up into build
ing lots. 1t was on this track that Flora
Temple wrested the championship from
George M. Patchen. This was in 1860.
The Occidental Club of San Francisco
has decided upon tonight as the occasion
on which Jimmy Griffin and Billy Ma
han will fight. The purse will be $3.50
5000 to the winner and $3.50 to the loser
The men signed articles and agreed to
forfeit $3.50 in case they should weigh
more than 1873 pounds upon entering the
ring. The match is thought to be good
one, and hard fight will be the result.
Wellington, own brother to Sunol,
2:1O%, the worlds best 3.year-old
record, by Electioneer, of Palo Alto, dam
Waxana, by Gen. Benton, was sold re-
Gently privately, but for very long price,
by John E. Madden, of Lexington, Ken
tucky, to Judson 81. Clark, of Elmira,
New York. He will be located at Macy
Bros. farm to take the place of the
burned $51 200 stallion, Bell Boy. We'll
lington was trained at two years old and
showed quarter in 36 seconds. He went
amiss shortly after and has since not
been trained. He is sound now, how
ever, and when his stud season is over
will be placed in training and driven for
record. He belongs to a tribe of the
bluest blood, $4,000 being the price
asked for Woolsey and $l0o, 1000 for an
other brother, Sunoio, while his sister
Sunol sold for more money than any
horse in America, with the sole excep.
ton of Axtell.
Among trotting-horse owners and
breeders the sale of the entire Rose
meade stud of L. j. Rose, Los Angeles,
CAL, is considered one of the most i'm
portant of the year, says the New York
Times. 1t will be held in this city
March 9TH, and includes twenty-nine
colts and fillies from / to years old, the
Sultan stallion Alcazar, and all the brood
mares on the farm, except the famous
matron Minnehahs. Mr.. Rose is too
much attached to the latter to sell her at
~ l,o
haha, who is daughter of Stevens
Bald Chief, and Nettie Clay, by strader'e
Cassius M. Clay, Jr., is now % years of
age. She cost Mr.. Rose but $500, but
her offspring have brought him trife
over 100000 when sold in the open
market. This does not include the value
of the get of her son Alcazar, now years
old, and who will be sold here next month,
nor any OF her family of wonderful sons
and daughters. The family she founded
promises to be as famous as that of Green
Mountain Maid, for at its head is the
famous Beautiful Belle, who is the dam
of Kinda Rose, :191a; Bell Boy, :191 /;
Palo Alto Belle, 2:22%, and Chimes,
2:30I, all made as 3.year-olds, and also
of st. Bel, 2:2411a at 5 years old. Sweet
heart, another daughter of Minnehaha,
made a 3-year-old record of 1929
Eva, another daughter, has record OF
2:231a, and Minnehaha's son, Alcazar,
trotted as 5-year-old in 2:201a. At the
Kellogg sales at the American Institute
last March, Mascot. 2-year-old son oi
Minnehaha and Stamoul, 2:1214, sold to
Marcus Dali of Anaconda, Mont. for $780,
00,and yearling brother of Mascot was
bought by j. H. Shuts, of Brooklyn, for
$500. At this years sale full brother
to the two colts just referred to is to be
sold, and an extremely fancy price will
probably be paid for him because of the
performance of Stanboul in December
when he reduced bis record from 2:14A
to2:12I. This was after he had been
in the stud for long season, and ther
had a comparatively short season o
handling. Minnehsha will be allowed
to spend her last days in ease and com
fort at Mr.. Roses magnificent estate al
Los Angeles. receiving all the comfort &c
good q breadwinner for her owner is en-.
titled to.
Sugar Beet Tests.
On last Friday sugar beets from the
March planting in 1889 were analysed in
the Chino laboratory giving these results
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