The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1895-10-14
POTPOURRI OF SPORT

The Wilkes family leads all others il
the 2:10 list.
| Unless there are some changes Their
will be no grand circuit in 1886.
The board OF supervisors OF Fresh,
county has passed an ordinance prohibit
! ing market hunting in that county. Thi
is the only way to preserve the game
anu every county i'll the state should DE-
Likewise.
Monroe Salisbury has consigned mum.
Der of horses comprising his racing sta bic
to w. b. Fasie g. Co.'S. great speed sal.
which will take place in New York, No
vem Der Goth.
Who will be the Svengali to hpnotize
the next national assembly and make
them believe that class B still mean:
'amateurP'-A merican Wheelman.
The new inside course at Bay District
is nearing completion. When finished
the California Jockey club will have
three excellent and distinct tracks. Con.
siderable whitewashing has been done
and some needed changes made in the
grand stands. The inside course, to be
used during the rainy season. will be
made with a view to thoroughly draining
1t, so that it will be q mo1el winter race
course.
:, Herman Oelrichs, having purchased a
puppy from the fine litter bred by Samuel
+. Hughes, writes Mr.. Hughes rom New
York telling him to ''see that my dog
gets choice beefsteak every day with a
small bottle to wash it down. Never
mind the cost, as it is to be charged to ].
Downey Harvey" We wonder what J..
Downey has to say about it.
One evening last week Ulbrlcnt and
Hatton. on a tandem at Athletic park
track. lid the mile in minutes fiat. The
quarter was done in 80 and the half in
SO. What time can this team make on a
good track? Later the men made the
quarter in %, the half i'll SO and the mile
in $50.
The past summer has bsen one of con-
tinued experiment along the lines of the
gear question. ana everything from 63 to
12S has been used. The lower gear has
found friends with several, and Tom Bird
made himself less of laughing stock
than might have been supposed with his
1913 at the Minneapolis meet. The Inclin-
alton has been for rs. but this has been
decreased to Y, the avearge now in use,
and apparently the most popular for the
hot sprints that characterize the finish of
nearly all class b events these days.
American Wheelman.
Wheelmen from every state in the union
have cause to rejoice at the promotion of
General Miles. General Miles is a wheel
man himself and q most earnest advocate
of the usa of the wheel in the army, and
was the first to make practical test of
its efficacy in serving As means of
transporting couriers. 1t is more than
likely that the bicycle corps will be null
tiplied, now that he is assured of its mer-
its anu 10 in command-American Wheel
man.
writer in an English paper says:
After making observations for some
time, l have come to the conclusion that
jockeys occasionally get off torn, the
same as horses do. When rider. how
ever fashionable he may be, has had, say
dozen consecutive losing mounts on
horses that on paper seemed to have gUod
chances, he should taks a rest for at Teas
fortnight. 1t is the same In riding
races as in shooting or playing billiards
"a man to succeed must be successful.
A few reverses unnerve the best of sports
men, whether they are riding, shooting
or handling the cue.
The L:man Republican announces the
birth of a two-legged dog. The two legs
are the back ones, and this new kind of
without the others, being lively and full
of playfulness.
Tie equal of Nightingale as a cam
paigner has not been seen. She has been
raced since she was 2-year-old, and now
at 20 years of age she is better than ever
before. as is shown oy her performance
at Fleetwood last week, where she re-
The rule giving the home team the sole
right to decide upon the fitness of
grounds before game. begins should be
changed. Its recent abuse IN New York
city shows how pernicious it is.
A referee in the Corbett- FitzNmmons
glove contest will probably not be select
ed until October 30th. the day before the
day set for the fight. joe Vendig. man.
aeer of the Florida Athletic club. was in
clined to appoint referee. but Martin
Julian. who manages Fitzsimmons, oh
jected to selection being made at the
present time, and said he and Fitzsim-
mons would insist OH choice being de.
fer-ed until the day before the battle.
Magnate Freedman announces that he
that il Pfeffer should be the Giants man.
ager in 1896 Fred will not wear a New
York uniform. Such player as
Tebeau. Arson, Mack, Ewing and Fouts
are not likely to lose their positions in
consequence OF Mr.. Freedman's stand. IL
is worthy of note that baseball was on
higher plane in the metropolis under the
Ward regime, than it has been since Mr..
Freedman acquired control.
There was a rumor afoat at Buffalo,
August 18th, that in order to draw a
crowd G. J. Hamlln had arranged with
MonIoe Salisbury for big race, in which
each was to drive his own horse. When
the report was sifted down It was found
to have originated in one of the bluff Cal
ifornian's jokes. In talking about the
slim attendance Monroe said to Cicero:
1T would be- good scheme for rs to
drive our horses. A big crowd would
come to see the race, hoping that one or
both of us would break our necks. You
know how many enemies we have,
Cicero" Such an exhibition would un-
dou btedly draw crowd.