The herald., 1897-10-05
LOCAL SPORTING NEWS
A CARLOAD OF THoROUGHBREDS
ARRIVE FOR THE RACES
Homing Pigeon Matches-Major An
drous Back From the East.
A Swimmers Challenge

A carload of horses, nearly all of which
are entered in the coming races at Agri-
cultural park, arrived last night over
the Santa Fe direct from the Harlem
track. They have been sent to the
coast to participate in the events of the
winter, nearly all of the eastern tracks
being, of course, closed at this season.
The shipment is composed Of the fol-
lowing flyers: Nonchalence and
Whistle Bird, both Derby candidates;
Kamsin, The Chief, T. McHugh. all of
which belong to Louis Ezell of Chicago.
Alvarado, the property of w. B. Sink,
also occupied a stall in the car. This
string is being trained by George Coch-
ran, the famous steepe-chase jockey.
Harry Brown, who will ride in the COM
irg races, and who can mount at seventy
pounds, came in with the horses. Neal,
the we'll known Texas jockey. will do
the heavy riding for the stable.
C. C. Mathews Of the board of trade Of
Tehachapi liberated the young birds of
the l.. A. c. Flying club at Tehachapi
on September 26. The pigeons COM
peted for the silver cup offered by j. c.
Girton of this city. The birds were too
slow to win the cup, as time limit of
three hours was made. L. Strohm and
S. V. Childs had the first arrivals in
three hours and twenty-five minutes.
Mr.. Girton is row thinking of putting
I'D a cup for some other station. The
club shipped both old and young birds to
Tehachapi again last Saturday. They
were liberated Sunday morning, and
made phenomenal time. Those belong
ing to S V. Childs were inside their loft
in one hour and fifty minutes after lib
Grafton, or on average speed of 122S63
Yards per minute. Fl. Mondon's bird
trapped four minutes later, and o. F.
Zahn's fourteen minutes after.
The race of the season. comes off on
October 10 from Bakersfield. when the
young birds will compete for a gold
medal, silver medal ard third prize,
all offered by S. V. Childs of this city.
Arrangements have been made with
l.. A. Hall to act as liberator, and as he
has had previous experience, good
race is looked for, although the young
sters will have to cross over the Te-
hachapi mountains.
At the last regular meeting the club
decided to challenge all the fanciers in
Southern California for race from
Mentone. near San Bernardino, about
Thanksgiving day. 1t will be free for
all birds, young or old, banded or not.
The club will not start training for
this race until about November l. In
the meantime prizes will be solicited.
Major s. N. Androus of Pomona, presi-
derIt of the Pacific Coast Jockey club,
and a director of the Sixth District Agri-
cultural association, has returned from
the east, where he has been for several
months He visited all of the principal
race tracks in the eastern states during
their summer meetings, and was hand
somely entertained by the officers of all
the racing organizat tons. He witnessed
the work of Hamburg, the crack two
year-old, and Ornament the best three
year-old In the country. He was for
several days the guest of August Bel
mont, who, it will be remembered, visit
ed this part of the country year ago.
Mr.. Belmont stated that California was
far ahead of the east In racing matters,
especially in track conVenierces. lie
was greatly interested in the new method
of flashing the results which is now in
use at San Francisco, and also in the
working the Australian starting gate
which has been used with varying sue
cess at some of the eastern tracks.
Major Androus came home by way of
San Francisco and reports that there
will be large attendance of racing men
from that city at the coming meeting
here.
Dana Thompson, champion. amateur
swimmer of America, is in the city in
search of a match for any distance and
for any amount. He is protege of
Captain Jack Williams, who is with
him. Thompson holds the records from
100 yards to a mile. He won the cham
pionship by defeating Charles Cavill at
San Francisco on May 16.