The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1895-03-11

In the world of sport there is only one
thing to look forward to, and that is the
Fiesta week. Then Los Angeles is prom
ised great week of sport and it will be
especially interesting for the horsemen.
The running meeting at Agricultural
Park during Fiesta week will be the great
est horse event ever held in Southern Cal
iforna, without doubt. There will be
seven days of the sport and $40, 900 will be
given away in prizes. The entries close
on March I'D, and it is expected that
ere then each event will be full and appl-
cants turned away. The $4,000 to be
divided into purses Ensures a good stake
for each event.
The dog show will also take place during
Fiesta week. provided arrangements can
be made for suitable place of meeting.
1t will be the greastest bench show ever
held in Southern California. Dogs of
high degree will be there from San Fran
cisco, Stockton, San Jose and Portland
in fact from all over the Coast, and most
of them will be dogs never seen in Los
Angeles before.
The local dog fancers and owners are
enthusiastic over the coming show, and
the prospects for a good meeting are
bright
The bicyclists are not saying much now
adays, but they are doing considerable
and the warm months are not going to be
dull ones for the wheelmeu and wheel
women. BY the way the Eastern papers
are full OF items about well-known racers
who are coming to California to train this
spring California is getting to be re-
frntr Il
in the United States, not only. for the
horsemen and the rest of them, but for
the bicyclists.
Soon the summer days will come and
then will come tennis. The tennis girl
and the tennis. young man are going to
be greatly in evidence this year. more SO
than last, no doubt
Just at this time something about the
game will surely not be amiss. Lieuten-
ant 5. G. +. Peile, who is a tennis expert,
recently wrote about some common faults
in tennis. He said:
There are common faults which it is
necessary TO warn the player against. He
will do well to bear in mind perpetually
the following points Never apologize by
saying you thought the bali was not go
ing to come over the nett it is your
duty not to think but to place yourself in
such q position that, ii the ball does
come over. you can take III. be on Inc
watch against the mistake of not start
ing in time The ball will come over tie
net and bound, and then, and not till
then, do some players make frantic rush
wildly all arms and legs drive at the
ball, and, either sending it flying out of
court bang it into the net or give it such
an easy return that a cool and collected
adversary will demolish it. No sprawl.
ing player of this description can ever
place a ball, or except by tluke, give a
difficult return. A sprawler is generally a
person whose occupation before he took
to this noble exercise, was sedentary. He
had never played rackets or cricket, or
he would know by intuition where the ball
was going the moment it was struck.
Now. ladies, do not accuse me of calling
you sprawlers, for, as you will see, |
have purposely applied the masculine
he to that class of players.
Another common fault is that of trying
TO "kill' difficult ball by trying to send
back difficult or hard-cut return every
time. When you are tucked up'
or in hole, the best and safest return is
one tossed high in the air, and into the
back of the opponents court, thus giving
yourself time not only to recover, but to
see what your adversaries are going TO
call it an old woman's game, but ii is
often the only way to win. They, on
the contrary when they get {, difficult ball
try TO send it back hard and low with
a cut on it, and the consequence is that
they bang it into the net or send it out
OF court.