The herald., 1897-08-30

not let out in deals, trades or exchanges,
but simply crowded out-are Werden,
Wilson, Clingman, Cunningham, Dom
nelly, Elmer Smith, Donovan Ely,
Burke, Roy, Irwin, Miller, Beckley,
Schriver, Rhines, Dwyer, Ehret, Schoch,
G. Smith, Keeler Kelley, Stencil, Quinn,
DeMoutreville, O'Brien, Shugart, Hart
man, Monte Cross, Lally, Pickering, Te-
beau and Burkett.-Chicago Dispatch.
The annual meeting of the Stockton
Kennel club was held on Wednesday of
last week and the following officers were
elected: President, w. M Gibson; first
vice-president, Henry Lonjers; second
vice-president, S. b. Huskins; financial
secretary and treasurer, A. E. Mapes;
corresponding secretary, F. c. Clifford
Ornament was beaten by Moncreith at
Detroit last Tuesday for the Campau
stakes, mile and hree-sixteenths, value
$50S0. The track was heavy and the crack
son of Imp. Order was conceding lot of
weight. Meadowthorpe was a close
third.
George M. Tinclair and Thomas Con-
neff ran a match race of a mile at the
Worcester oval on August 21st for
$500 purse, and Tinclair won by a re-
'markable burst of speed in 4:15 1-5, a rec
ord that has never been approached by
either amateur or professional runners
in public exhibition in this country.
A letter from the head of Lake Bennett.
dated August 21st, states that Frank
Slavin, the big pugilist, is lost in the
wilds of the Northwest Territory. Au-
gust 9th Slavin started back alone from
the lake toward the summit of Chilkoot
a hap arti Joe
from his pack. Up to August 9TH the
date of the letter, nothing had been
heard from him. and fears for his safety
are entertained.
Center Fielder Kinlock Of the st. Joe
club will not play again this season
King hit long fly into deep center
and kinlock ran for it and made Jump
to catch it. He evidently did not realize
how close he was to the fence and in
making the jump his left foot caught and
he was thrown to the ground with great
force. An ambulance was called and the
injured man was taken to ST. Josephs
hospital, where on examination, it was
found that he had sustained a compound
fracture of the left leg
Andrew Ferguson, the Fresno county
game warden, is doing good work in
stocking the streams of that county with
trout
Wilfred Watterson claims the belt as
champion fisherman of the season. On
the Twin Lakes, Mammoth, he caught
165 trout in three hours. He and Ed
Clarke together caught $40 fish in twelve
hours fishing, including delays on the
lake, the time being carefully kept each
day. This was all done with flies.
Salmon, yellowtail tomcod and mack
erel are unusually plentiful at Monterey
and Santa Cruz.
The following advertisement appears
in the San Diego Tribune of August 7th:
Sportsmen, attention! Deer are destroy
ing my prune orchard. Will pay S. per
head for their slaughter Stopping places
in close proximity. F. B. Walker, foot
of Viejas mountain, Alpine.
During Mr.. Vredenburg's talk at the
meeting Wednesday night he stated
that charges would be brought before
the board by j. p Norman and that there
were charges pending against the Oak
land Kennel club.
There is no doubt that the questions
arising from the racing features Of cy-
cling antagonize many wheelmen whose
laid is needed in prosecuting the aims of
the l.. A. w. in other directions. 1t is
coming to be the general opinion that the
l.. A. W. should give up the control of
racing and devote all its influence and
strength to good roads work.