The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1890-07-11
COAST NEWS.
Firenzi Lowers the Mile and a
Half Record.
SENATOR HEARST WILL RETIRE FROM
THE TURF.
Aaother COlored Champion-Ba Basel ball in
Japan-Portland's Fall
Meeting.

aiioInid is sure 10 ne tfie great racing
center OF the continent
The rihbit-drives of Southern Califor-
MA have almost exterininated the "bun-
nies. !"
The great Nutwood stallion Dawn was
Did last week III P-taluma, Cal, for $l5,-
MeAuliffc has begun his training in
London, to meet Slavin, the English
champion.
Charley Smith, the I16-pound cham
pion OF England, has issued challenge
to tai Mccarthy.
The string OF trotters and PAGERS. be-
longing 10 Budd Doble. left Fresno. Cal.
where they have been wintering, for the
East.
Tank Adams, the well known finger
bliiardist, rs now on a tour of the
United States giving exhibitions Of his
The Stockton Baseball team. with all
It's property, its franchise and rights in
the California League, has been sold to
san Jose.
The Dwyer Brothers appear TO be
holding their horses i'm reserve. They
have done very little racing so far this
season.
Sainfoin, winner of the rich Derby, and
who had had previously been sold for
nearly 10000, cost only 35 guineas rs a
yearling.
The eight-oared shell race between the
ale and Harvard crews, June 27ih, was
won by Yale This is Yale's fifth sue
eessive victory
O'I.eary, the champion pedestrian.
covered the distance of fifteen miles re-
Gently, in two hours and forty-six min
'ites, at Fort Worth.
California has been determined the
best wintering climate for horses. and il
is probable that another winter will
bring great portion of Eastern flyers to
this coast.
An athletic club is now being formed
at Honolulu 1t is the intention of the
management TO obtain some of the best
f American pngilistie talent 10 take part in
the monthly exhibitions.
Il is reported that Senator Hearst. bs
ing dissatisfied with the continued poor
luck attending his horses in the races.
has decided TO sell at auction his entire
stables and retire from the turf
Nearly ali the hookmakers who are
doing business in New York lost heavily
on the Suburban. The majority were
certain Tenny would win and laid TO
against Salvador, and were hit hard.
Jac' Dempsey and his combination OF
plglllsss opened the Golden Gate Club
OF Salt Lake City on the 10th inst. The
club rooms are situated in - building for
Inerly used as house of worship by the
Mormons
At the rooms of the Pelican Club. Lon
don, June 27th, Americas colored ban
tam George Dixon, boxed Nunc Wallace
OF Birmingham, holder of the English
championship, for purse of 81 500
/ Eighteen rounds were fought, the Eng
lishman being completely used up.
Prince Charities. the sire of Salvador. J
performances in England are known to
nearly all the followers of the turf. How
he beat Cremorne and Queens Messen
ger for The Two Thousand Guineas in
/ 1872, was unplaced for the Derby but got
second TO Wenlock for the st. Leger are
old stories.
0'Connor, the oarsman, who was
beaten by Stansbury at Sydney, \. S
w, has protested against the payment
of the stakes 10 the latter O'Connol
claims the race on the ground that
Stansbury took his water a quarter of 6
mile from the start and that a foul en-
sued, The umpires deny that there wa.
a foul.
The report of the Supervisor of the
census of San Francisco puts the popula
ion down at 500, COO. He estimates the
number of Chinese at over "a 900. an in
crease of :, 900 over 1SS0-and SAYS tha
during the winter months over lO.OO{
celestials will be added to the estimated
population.
East Portland, Or, has set of van
dalS who have poisoned a number O
milch cows owned by parties who have
been furnishing milk to neighbors.
is suspicioned that the outrages are com
mitted by certain milk-dealers. who's,
lists of customers have been shortened
by the owners of these cows.
The Puritan Athletic Club of Long Is
land City offer $40, 900 purse for con
test between jackson and Sullivan, ane
as Jackson has announced that he will
AkON inCCt vi OdIlIOTnll
for fear of not receiving fair play, tn,
club offers an additioned deposit O
So 800 that he will not be interferret
with in any way during the fight
Base ball has been introduced in ia
pan and is becoming popular out-doo
sport. The Japs fail to 'scatch on read
lily. In a game recently PLAYED between
Japanese club and team of American
clerks considerable amusement was af
orde d by Yankee running out of lin
and being chased some distance into
rice field by the entire Japanese min
until caught and put out.
Charley Mitchell, with the exception
of Jem Mace, is the cleverest pugilis
who ever placed himself in a prize rinQ
He is hard hitter, as was demonstrate
| when he knocked John l.. Sulliva
down in glove contest at Madiso
Square Garden, New York. Mitchell
also proved that he was II first-class pu
gilist when he fought John l.. Sulliva
in France, for 50 900, and succeeded i
making the battle draw
Again California horses give the dus
/ to Eastern Cracks. Juue 26th Haggin'
mare Firenzi knocked Il second off tn
mile and half record for the Coney Il
land cup, with marvellous ease. A will
cheer went up as 2 :33 told the story
r another smashed record. In 1883 sh
! made the record 2 "a, which has stoo
until her last race. The same day Ser
! ator Stanford's famous colt Racine, wo
! the first race OF a mile at Washingto
Park, Chicago, in Al, and the opinio
! of witnesses was that had he been give
his head he would have lowered th
record of Maori, l 80 4-5.