The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1890-06-27
SPORTING NOTES.
FL Rio Rey Retired from the
Turf.
La BLANCHE vs.. YouSG MITCHELL
The Possible End of Prize-Fighting in
California.

Prof. w Oldrieve walked half mile
on the water at Fairyiew. Md, on June
End.
Jake Kilrain will quit fighting and re-
sliine his former profession as an oars
man.
La Blanche has at last put mp his de-
posit Of $500 to meet Young Mitchell on
the 2Tth inst.
The $4,000 purse fought for by sulli-
van and Kilrain was the second largest
ever fought for.
Peter Jackson and Jack Ashton were
not allowed to box at the Opera House,
San Francisco, June 2nd.
The National League base hall PLAYERS
claim that the Brotherhood is already
flying its signal OF distress.
John L. Sullivan announces that he
will temporarily retire from the ring and
become a member OF the dramatic pro-
] fession.
Saunders, the English tennis cham
F pion. defeated Petfitt, the American. in
London, june 18TH, for the national
championship
A party OF $50 German sharpsliooters
left New York recently TO attend one of
the greatest shooting matches ever taken
place at Berlin
Jack Dempsey saws he will make a
match with any English middle weight.
and Is willing to toss for choice OF coun-
try in which to fight
Dryers two-year-olds, notwithstand-
( ing the big fancy prices they paid Tor
them as yearllngs, have been decided
failures thus far this year
As rule, from a racing point of view.
there is very little difference in the
seasons in Australia Horses are kept
racing from one years end to another
John Clarkson is drawing a $1,000
salary from the Boston League Club a.
nitcher, but owing 10 bad leg. can do
nothing to earn il except TO sit ON the
bench.
The % mile bicycle road race at Hill
ton, \. J on May 30th, was witnessed
I by 1000 Spectators. F. W. Murphy and
W. Van Wagner won the prizes Tor the
fastest net time made
Arab, the Canadian race horse. owned
by 'George Forbes, of New York, for
merly OF Woodstock. canada, won a
/ T-furlong race at the New York Jockey
Club, ON June End, in | :27tss.
Although August BeIment's Fides won
/ the Toboggan Slide Handicap and beat
1 the record for six furlongs-I :IOIz Ger
I aldIne. with careful. competent Jockey
can eclipse Fides' record Watch and
see,
In the competition ON the grounds of
4 rat Isl Aet. -
individual general athletic champion
ship, Alex Jordan, n y A. c.. was de-
/ clared the champion amateur athlete of
the United States
Ii is claimed that under the instruc-
tions OF Jimmy Carroll, John u. Spreck-
les, the several times millionaire and
sugar dealer. is the eleverest gentleman
boxer on the coast, and more than an
equal for his trainer.
A pistol match took place recently at
Munich between Buffalo Bills JOHNNY
Dalby and Prince Leopold of Bavaria
Plaster eggs thrown in the air were used.
Prince Leopold defeated his adversary
without the slightest difficulty.
Alter making thorough examination
OF ri Rio Rey a veterinarian lIas advised
MIR. Winters to take FL Rio Rev out OF
at anu II Is uGuefSJof61
that the unbeaten champion will be
shipped to California to enter the stud.
The English Derby was run at EPSON,
England, on June 4th. Eight horses
started }. Porter's chestnut colt sam
tom won the race by three-quarters OF a
length from Lefevre's lie Nord. The
Duke of Westminster's Orwell was third
Since the killing of Mcbride by La Rue
in an impromptu battle at the Golden
Gate Club in San Francisco. Governor
Waterman has issued instructions to
the police to use their efforts to entirely
abolish all pugilistie encounters in the
future.
As prospects are that prize-fghting
will be prohibited in Calfornia it is
thought that Jackson and Sullivan will
never meet. as jackson thinks that out
side OF the protection of the California
Club he will not have a fair chance OF
winning.
Frank f. Weaver, of New Haven.
Conn, who is making trip from that
city to San Francisco on bicycle, has
arrived in Sedalia, Mo. He has ridden
nearly nineteen hundred miles, or an av-
erage of over forty miles a day, since he
left New Haven, April 2lst.
!
Psotta, the American champion oars.
man, should win the diamond sculls al
the Royal Henley Regatta on the
Thames, England. this year Guy Mic
halls, the English amateur champion
will not compete i'm the race H. Gard
ner, the stroke OF the Cambridge crew
will row in the race.
Greek George defeated Romalow, the
AIr.~~
IN a wrestling match on horseback
: Greek George challenges any man in the
world TO wrestle him at catch as-catch
can or GRECO Roman style, Tom Cannon
and Muldoon preferred, the match t,
/ take place fourteen days after signins
the articles.
Peter Jackson, the colored champion
had a lively round the evening OF Jun.
18th, at wayside inn near Oakland
/. Cal. \ party of twelve Germans return
ing from picnic, dropped in, and bein,
s introduced to jackson, after inviting hin
: to drink several times, began banterin;
e the champion Ia spite OF the efforts o
| jackson, to avoid trouble, the insulting
' remarks from the leader of the crowd
! reused Jackson's ire, and he soon fount
| it necessary to use his right. The clever
) others sailed into Jackson, when tn,
! liveliest fight ever witnessed on the Oak
/. land side took place. Jackson wake,
! back into the saloon after he had salts
! fed each of the twelve that they had beel
struck with baseball bat. The dru
store adjoining had the appearance of
: receiving hospital soon after the battle
Fresh in Sa1sz
: II assxFwsfer harbor Fla, is !
4 s.,sinc Of delicious drinking Kater btlb.
j hing up through the mass osait sv,<ser
i Il, the hriny deen.