Los Angeles herald., 1891-04-13
THE SPORTING WORLD.
PETE LoHMAN MAKES A sENsA-
TIONAL PLAY.
A Big Entry Received for the Kennel
show-Athletes Getting Ready for the
Field Day of the Athletic Club.

will be q memorable one in the history
OF sport, and the prospects for q revival
in several branches of sport in Los An
geles are very encouraging. Athletics
will be given wonderful impetus in
Southern California. The sports to be
given by the Los Angeles Athletic club
next month, will most decidedly eclipse
anything in that line ever held in South
.ern California. There will be the live
lest competition in the different events,
and in consequence good records can be
expected in the majority OF the events.
Intending competitors who expect to
toe the mark in first-class condition
should begin to train at once.
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The regular racing season of 1891
opened up Saturday with the blood
horse races at San Francisco. The track
was fetlock deep in mud, nevertheless
several star performers of the year made
their initial appearance. Rinfax gives
every promise OF developing into one of
the crack three-year-olds of the year,
while Racine can be relied upon to up
hold the prestige of this state against all
corners. I have always maintained that
Racine was the best three-year-old OF
his year. might be mistaken, but /
have decided opinion that Tournament
or Burlington will not be in with the
grand son of Bishop. The present meet
ing will undoubtedly bring to the front
number OF California bred horses Ca
pable OF holding their own against any
thing in the land. California will be in
the race from the fall of the flag, and
when, the records of 1891 are made up
the golden state will be neck and neck
with Kentucky. California is destined
to lead every state in the union as the
home Of the thoroughbred.
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The phenomenal progress made by
California in the breeding of the trot-
ting horse has been pointed out in the
HERALD in a series of specially pre-
pared articles. The coming season gives
every promise of being sensational
one, and California is we'll to the fore.
The trial of California's Queen Sunol,
2:10%, to lower the record of Maud s..
2:08H, will be one Of the events of the
year. Maud s. was IL years old when
she made her record of 2:0824. Sunol
trotted mile as a 3-year-old in 210%
Sunol is now years old and her ad-
mirers are confident that she will come
pretty near dethroning Maud s. before
another new year. Here's to Queen
Sunol.
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Probably before the end OF 1891, the
public will know for the first time in
many years the fistic champions in the
different classes.
With Sullivan on the retired list there
are Just three candidates left for cham
pionship honors in the heavyweight
division. The coming battle between
>Corbett and Jackson will send one to
the wall. The victor in that battle will
undoubtedly be matched against Frank
Slavin for the championship of the
world. The winner of the battle will
Justly be entitled to the champion belt.
Kilrain, Joe McAuliffe, Jem Smith, God
frey and men of that calibre can only be
termed second class men.
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Three men loom up in the middle
weight class. They are the Australians
Fitzsimmon and Hall and Ted Pritch-
ard, of England. The Australians are
liable to meet before many moons.
Lightweights come up very rapidly,
but at present Jack McAuliffe is enti-
tied to call himself champion in that di-
vision. A battle between George Dixon
and Willis, a recent arrival from Aus
'tralia, will settle the question of su-
premacy in the bantam class. Five
years ago there were dozen so-called
champions in every class, but, thanks to
the California Athletic club, the pre-
tenders and fakirs have gradually been
sorted out.
The attraction this week will be the
Kennel show. Los Angeles is rapidly
coming to the front as the home of we'll
bred dogs. The show, which opens
Wednesday afternoon at 342 South
Spring street, is the third annual show
held under the auspices of the Southern
California Kennel club. The entry list
this year is far in advance of the pre-
vious shows, and over one hundred more
dogs will be benched on Wednesday
than in 1890. Many valuable dogs have
been imported especially for the show,
and the quality Of the dogs exhibited
will be of much higher standard than
heretofore. A splendid entry has been
received in the mastiff, pointer, En-
glish setter, Irish setter and Gordon
setter classes. The fox terriers are un-
usually well represented, while sur.
prisingly large entry has been received
in the bull-terrier class.
John Davidson, the celebrated judge,
is expected to arrive here on Wednes-
day. Altogether, the chances are that
the show next week will be the best
ever held on the coast.
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What is the matter with the wheel
men of Los Angeles? They have been
very inactive for year past. Once
upon a time Los Angeles boasted one Of
the best clubs in the state. 1t was q
wide-awake, active organization, and
did much to promote cycling. In its
ranks were several of the fastest riders
in the state. If am not mistaken, the
majority Of the coast records are held by
Los Angeles men. Probably the bicycle
races included in the programme of the
Los Angeles athletic meeting will stir
the riders of the silent steed into more
vigorous life.
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The weights for the Oakwood and
Great Western handiCaps, to be run at
Washington Park club meeting at
Chicago, have been made public. The
California horses, with one or two ex-
ceptions, have been very leniently
treated. In the Oakwood, the California
bred Racine heads the list with 1A