Los Angeles herald., 1891-02-02

field trial at Bakersfield. The Los An
geles delegation must have made de-
cided impression, judging from the fol-
lowing extract:
"There is large increase in the MEM
bership Of the Pacific coast Field Trials
club, number Of the new recruits hail
ing from Los Angeles. BY the way, the
boys from Los Angeles are all pleasant,
courteous gentlemen and thorough and
even enthusiastic sportsmen.
THE YAcHTsMEN.
Hancock Banning has settled down
after his extensive honeymoon tour,
and is just as enthusiastic over yachting
as ever. I'VE must get up big race
this season." said the genial Hancock
to the HERALD man the other afternoon.
The newspaper man promised to assist
in the movement. Why not organize
yachting club? There are certainly
enough yachtsmen in Southern Califor-
mia to get up an influential club. Several
of the speediest yachts on the coast are
now owned in Los Angeles, and a repre-
sentative race between southern and
Northern California would attract con-
siderable attention.
THE ATHLETIC PARK.
1t is to be hoped that the weather
will not prevent the enthusiasts from
attending the meeting at the athletic
club rooms this evening for the purpose
OF devising ways and means for securing
an athletic park for Los Angeles. En-
thusiasts on all branches OF sport should
put in an appearance. With judicious
management suitable grounds could be
obtained and the necessary money Sc
cured without any great effort.
PUGILIsTIC PARAGRAPHS.
I have not yet made up. my mind on
the Kilrain-G Godfrey fight. Kilrain never
was any good to my thinking. He has
been big overrated duffer. He gained
some little reputation by defeating a
couple Of big dummies, and Richard X.
Fox did the rest by booming him in his
prize-fghting sheet. Godfrey was a
good man in his day. Five years ago
Kilrain wouldn't have been in it with
Godfrey, but the colored man is getting
old, and I seriously doubt his ability to
put up another such fight as he did with
Peter Jackson about three years since.
Cal Mccarthy is wonderfully clever
little fighter, but hardly think he can
get away with Dixon. This fight, which
comes off in the very near future, will
decide the bantam weight championship
to certainty. look to Dixon to win,
but it should be great fight.
Young Mitchell and La Blanche are
shortly to battle at the California club.
On some other occasion will give my
reasons, but / predict victory for the
California boy. Mitchell is clever, and
possesses great endurance.
SPORTING GOSSIP,
William D. Day, Americas champion
cross-country runner, has retired.
Macbeth II is reported to be the best
horse in training at Clifton.
At the recent Palo Alto sale, one of
the youngsters to bring the highest
price was Mento, by Woolsey.
j. 4. Hunsicker kindly left the writer
a copy of the New Zealand Herald,
yesterday. In glancing over the pages
noticed that the celebrated Musket
family has been winning additional turf
honors. The Auckland cup was cap
tured by Crackshot, three-year-old colt
by Nordenfeldt.
The directors OF the Los Angeles
Athletic club announce that the next
field day viii positively take place on
Decoration day.
Mr.. Agnew intends to campaign the
ex-San Bernardino mare Pink, 2:2316.
The Southern California horse,
Mikado. recently won couple Of races
at Gloucester.
DR.. M. w. Hicks, of Sacramento, has
purchased from w. III. Wilson the bay
stallion Durfee by Kaiser, dam Julie by
Revenue. Durfee was sent out to Los
Angeles as a yearhng colt and has been
cared for by Charlie Durfee.
An international running match is on
the tapis between w. G. George, the
champion of England, and Harry Dar-
rim, OF New York.
Jim Hall. another great Australian
middle-weight, is coming to this country.
DAGwORTH.