The herald., 1897-05-17

Several blue rock sweepstakes made UP
balance of program. A pleasing feature
was the use of dogs instead Of the usual
small boys for retrieving, +. d. Blacks
cocker Duke doing most Of the work.
This game little dog though IL years old.
is as full of ginger as puppy, and was
''onto his job" in great shape, never mis-
ing a bird. A pointer owned by George
Ralphs also showed up in good shape,
as did an English setter.
A fine program has been arranged for
the next boxers night" at the Athletic
club, which will be on Tuesday evening,
May, 25th. The feature Of the evening
will be f1fteen-round contest between
Fred Began and Harry Jones, at catch
weights. Began is one of the cleverest
light weights in the state, and though
he ran down considerably for some
months past he has been taking excel
lent care of himself and now says that
he Is as good as he ever was. He has de-
feated Dal Hawkins, regarded since the
Carson fight as the best man in his class,
and while he will probably enter the
ring several pounds lighter than Jones,
he is expected to equalize this by his
cleverness He has anything but a walk
over, however, for Jones is strong
fighter and can take punishment as well
as the next man. He is dead game, and
his hitting powers are much above the
average. This being the case, the con-
test should be a hot one from start to
finish, with a pretty good prospect of
a decision.
Besides this event, e. Carter and P.
Williams are billed for six-round con-
test, with additional rounds Unnecessary,
while the game little featherweight, De
Courcey of San Diego, will go against
some one to be selected in the near fu-
ture. A four-round go between Harry
Porter and Jack Stevens will probably
complete the program, though 1t is possi-
BILE that there will be other attractions.
On Wednesday evening next at s
o'clock the Los Angeles Athletic club
will hold an open session, when NOM
nations for directors will be presented.
The election will not take place until
the second Wednesday in june, when the
polls will be open from to p. m. John
Brink is candidate for reelection to
the presidency, with the chances decid-
edly in his favor.
The third pigeon race from Santa
Monica to this city last Saturday re-
suited most favorably and was q very
close race. Good speed was made by all
the lofts.
]. D. O'Neill had seven homers en-
tered which arrived in a flock. The first
one trapped 1S% minutes after being lib
Grated at Santa Monica, thus winning
first place. The average speed being
1926 yards per minute. II. Mondon's
(one) bird made second best time by en-
tering the loft nineteen minutes after
liberation; o. F. zahns birds won third
place in twenty minutes, and S. v.
Childs fourth in twenty-one minutes, |
It will be remembered that 1t is for the
best average speed made in five races
from the sea side resort that the club
will award prizes and diplomas. Thus
far O'Neill is at the head, with Zahn Sec
ond, Childs third and Fish fourth.
At about o'clock p. m. next Saturday |
the birds will be started from Second
and Utah streets, Santa Monica, for the |
fourth race.
The entries for the San Francisco |
bench show exceed those of any other |
similar exhibition ever held west of the |
Rocky mountains. and include some OF
the most noted dogs in the country. The
entries have been tabulated to show how |
they compare with those received for
the show last year. The total number |
last year was 329, as against G35 this |
year. This will not represent the actual |
number of dogs benched, as some are
duplicate entries. Some dogs are enter