The herald., 1895-09-09
GENERAL SPORTING NOTES
Odds and Ends Of All Kinds and Descriptions
Of Sport


of Sport
Hank Lorraine, the clever fighter from
Cripple Greek, is DESTROYS of making a
match with some of the local crack-a-i jacks
before he returns to Colorado. He is
willing to meet anybody in his class. the
light heavyweight. Among those whom
he is especially willing to near from are
Griffin, the colored man, and Jaffries.
Lorraine is very good man, and it is
to be hoped that he can get a match, for
he showed at the recent contest at the
Athletic club that lie can handle himself
in splendid stlye. Any communication
should be sent in care of the Fountain
saloon.
Owney, the postal car dog that has
travelled all over America and Mexico is
now going to make trip around the
world. He leaves on the Northern Pa
cfic's steamer for China, from whence he
will 60 by steamer to London and thence
across the Atlantic to New YORK.
Miss Hattie Swain, young lady of
Red Bluff, while with cam ping party
near North Yalla Balla, killed her first
deer, a three-point buck. She left camp
one day, accompanied only by three
months-old puppy determined to find
rewarded by the sight of fine buck and
the crack of her rifle brought him down.
There is big black and white New
foundland dog struttIng around Column
bia street, says an eastern exchange,
which is being fed with cookies by all
the children in the neigh borhood. He
became hero Monday by jnm ping into
the Atlantic basin, at the foot of Sackett
street, and hauling little S-year-old John
McGuinnis from the water. The dog
name is Grover. Grover was taken to
the basin for his daily bath. After the
dog had his swim and was trotting up
the street behind his m aster there was a
cry from the boys on the dock. The Nc
Guinnis lad had been pushed overheard
by one of his playmates. Hammerstadt
followed by the dog, rushed back to the
dock. The boy was struggling in the
water far from the pier. Grover plunged
into the basin and swan to the boy. Not
being able TO grab the lad at first, the
dog pushed him under the water. Whom
the boy came up again Grover caught
hold OF his jacket and started to tow him
ashore. Young McGuinnis reached over
and put his arms about the animals
neck. Although swift current was run
ming at the time, the dog continued
steadily to the dock and landed his bur-
den safely. Grover has never before acted
as a life saver. He is an intelligent look
ing dog and has noble head.
During the travels OF an English officer,
Captin White, in Cochin China, the then
viceroy gave him magnificent tigress,
five feet long and two feet high, says Rod,
Gun and Kennel. On reaching Saigon,
where he could buy dogs for almost hoth-
ing. he used to give his pet one of these
animals every day. The dog was thrown
alive intosher cage. She would play with
1t for a while, as q cat plays with a
mouse, then her eyes would begin to
gliste1 and her tail CULVER; she seized her
prey by the scruff of the neck, and in a
minute or two it was all up with the
poor animal. says the British Fancier.
One day, however, a puppy. seemingly
little different from the common herd OF
puppies. instead OF tamely submitting to
Its fate. showed fight. IL snapped at the
tigress' nose and bit it until The blood
came. The tigress, far from resenting The
attack, seemed to treat 1t Us joke, and
when the spirited little dog grew tired of
the fun the tigress patted it as if 1t had
been cub OF her own. Then the two Law
down side by side and had comfortable
nap. Thencefortb they were the best of
friends, and, to humor this queer friend.
ship, Captain White had small hole cut
in the tisress cage that the puppy might
go and come as it pleased. 1t often took
"a trot abroad, but 1t always returned to
Its dog-devouring friend. To test the
tisress' affection strange dog was
offered it one day at dinner time, and was
then hastily snatched from its hungry
jaws and the puppy friend thrown into
the cage. But strange to say. friendship
trium pied over the pangs OF hunger. and
that not on this occasion only. but when
ever the captain thought 1T to repeat
the experiment.