The herald., 1897-08-16


in Greater New York. Heine Peitz's
punch at Umpire Hurst landed on the
face and Cincinnati cranks declare that
it was delivered in manly and artistic
manner in response to a blow from
Hurst, who makes the mistake of re-
sorting to bluffs in preference to the
rules in maintaining discipline on the
ball field.
The annual meeting of the Pacific
advisory board of the American Kennel
club was held on Tuesday evening in
the office of Field Sports. and the follow
ing gentlemen were elected to serve for
the ensuing year: Dr. F. w. d'Evelyn,
chairman; w. M. Gibson of Stockton,
vice chairman; r. G. Gardner of Los
Angeles, ecretary-treasurer The last
named gentleman was elected to fill the
place Of H. 7. Payne, who was secretary
during the past year.
Entries Of the various events of the
great five-day meeting for harness
racers at San Jose, October 4th to 9th in
elusive, close August Is, 1897, with F. j.
Brandon, secretary. The San Jose asso-
citation has one of the best tracks in the
country, and the meeting is certain to be
an attractive one.
Mr. r. K. Gardiner has been elected
as the Southern California Kennel clubs
delegate to the Pacific advisory board.
Mr.. Gardiner should serve the club well
and prove a good selection.
e. j. Baldwin, who left for Saratoga
last Saturday, is to invade the Klondyke
country next winter. He renewed the
$3.50, GOO plaster on his property before
leaving, and now has the sinews of war
for a mining siege in Alaska. He says
he will look for the mother lode and
send up a lot Of the latest machinery.
In "Lucky's' opinion thousands of ad~
venturers will come from the land of
snow and long nights empty-handed.
w. S. Hobart, the popular young mil
lionaire who owned Bright Phoebus and
other turf celebrities, is lying at the
point of death with appendicitis in his
San Mateo home The physicians in
charge will allow no visitors. Mr.. Ho-
bart's faithful young wife watches by
his bedside day and night.
The London Field Of July nth says:
"On Saturday last w. J. Sturgess Gre
ated a new two-mile walking record at
Putney by covering the distance in 13
minutes "a 1-5 seconds. Under the new
A. A. A. regula tions this record will not
be official, Sturgess not having broken
the worsted"
White Hat McCarty is summering at
Fresno, where he is putting in his time
breaking 100 trotting-bred horses into
roadsters and giving slow work to Ber-
nardo, who he expects will face the
starter again this fall Those we'll known
galopers, The Lark, Captain Coster,
daf,
casionally be seen doing duty in road
cart, with Dan as reinsman. A 2-year
old colt by King Thomas which McCarty
is developing is reported to be warm
youngster, working quarter recently in
:241a in handy style.
A recently adopted amendment to the
constitution authorizes the president of
the A. A. u. to increase the board Of
governors by adding five men, chosen
from any district or districts of the
United States. The first five selected for
these honors are: A. G. Mills and c. c.
Hughes of New York city; F. Eddy of
Detroit, Mich; G. w. Beals Of Boston,
Mass, and w. F. Humphrey of San
Francisco Cal.
There are eighty entries to the Inter
state Coursing clubs Merced meeting.
AS the limit is siXty-four some of those
who have entered more than one or two
will proba bly, have to withdraw.
On Saturday, July 31st, L. E. Ware
and G. P. Sheldon, jr., defeated E. p.
Fischer and John Neeley in the finals
for the western tennis doubles cham
pionship by score of As 4-6. Ga, 62,
SO, Fischer and Neeley captured the
first.
Kreigh Collins of the Wyandotte Ten
mis- club defeated w. S. Bond of the Ken
wood County club in the finals for the
western tennis championship at Chi
cago, ILL.,, Friday, July 30th. The score
was 9-7, 6-3 and 6-2.