The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1895-09-16
SPORTING MISCELLANY
Odds and Ends of all Kinds and Descriptions
of Sport

Odds and Ends of all Kinds and descriptions
of Sport
An offer Of 500, 600 was refused for John
4. Gentry recently.
The fastest yearling, two, three and
five-ysar-old and aged trotters of the year,
Fanny Foley, Tommy Britton, Athanio,
Fantasy and Azote are all lineal descend
ants of Electioneer. Benzetta, the four
year -old champion. belongs to the Wilkes
family.
Ed Connolly, the well-known horse
man, ana Billy Emerson, the minstrel,
were once sta ble boys for a man named
Brady who owned lot OF runners near
st. Louis. Connolly rode in number OF
races but Billy Emerson found that it
was not tbs business he was best adapted
for.
Orrin Hickok, the well-known Cslifor-
MA trainer has bought the champion pac-
ing mare, Angie D., 2:07 from A. 9.
Goodrich of Shelbyville Ind. Angie ID.
is only six vearsiold. and is by Mikagan,
dam Kit, by Tom Belair She is great
race mare and in the hands of the clever
reinsman from the Pacific slops she
should soon be heard from in the ranks
OF the free-for-all. Angie u. made her
record of 2:0S at the Detroit meeting.
The dogs name is Sam. He is a set
ter and balongs to q man named Meteor
mick who keeps restaurant down at
week and saw the dog going through
| remarkable performance. man in
| crowd or six or eight people Will take
nickel from his pocket. wrap it in piece
of paper, and give it to the dog. Sam
then trots off to a corner where an
Italian keeps a fruit stand. The Italian
places an orange in paper bag and pretty
| soon Sam comes trotting back with his
purchase, wagging his tail and tickled
nearly to death. He will then hunt out
the man that gave him the nickel, never
| making a mistake, apparently wishing to
show that he hasn't squandered the
money foolishly. After tina, he takes the
orange from the bag and plays with IT
until he gets tired. Then he eats it. He
first 5i tes 6. piece ont Of the skin. lust as
a m an who has knife might do, and
then breaks it to pieces. He is fond OF
oranges, but although he manages to get
| the meat OF the fruit he will never swal-
low even morsel of the skin. "-'Phila-
delphia Record.
Nearly all che prominent drivers on
the California circuit have ordered new
suits of colors for the rest of the meet
ingI. We would suggest that they all
| wear white duck trousers because they
wash easily and always look neat.
Nothing looks heater than bright satin
| jackets and caps of well-defined colors.
and the quicker drivers understand the
| value of looking as tasty as the horses
| tD6Y drive ana inc SulKleb bDey rue III,
the quicker will the public appreciate the
charm of witnessing trotting and pacing
| races.
"In many respects, writes Ray
mond" in the Horse World "Beuzetta is
individually superior to the other cham
pionshIp candidates, for even the most
critical horseman would be troubled 10
indicate a weak spot in her makeup.
She is an exceptionally strong FLY at all
points, and that she will stand lot of
| hard racing before breaking down is APP
parent to all who have observed her
closely. She is an exceedingly good head
ed mare when surrounded by the excite
ment of racing, and no t'otter can force
her to 60 fast enough to rattle her. When
she scores at full speed the sound of the
recall bell will cause her to stop within
one hundred yards oil the wire, ana sne
does not EXHAUST herself by useless ex-
penditure of speed as some horses DO.
To the writer Beuzetta seems the likellest
candidate for the trotting cham pionshIp
that has yet appeared. Befure the close
of the present season she should beat
Directum s record of 2:054, aud with
good fortune attending her she should
set new mark for trotters in 1886.
There seems to be widespread error
about the early history of Lissak. He
was bred in England, imported III utero
and foaled on the farm of Mr.. Matt Simp-
| son of Fayette county, who then owned
and still owns his dam. He was sold as a
yearling by Mr.. Simpson to Jack Chinn
for $500. MIR. Simpson has remarkable
record as a breeder, having never bred
colt which started which was not stake
winner. The same year he sold Lissak
he also sold Major Mclaughlin and Mon
tire. The former, although touched in
the wind, i" ran a mile in 1:l0A and was
considered by Colonel Chinn, who owned
both, better horse than Lissak. Just
before Llssak won the Worlds fair stake