The herald., 1898-01-01

date 900 people and betting stand 50x15i
has been erected. and there will be sew.
eral books on the reults Of each Of ths
runs. Two hundred Jacks" have beer
| on the grounds for the past three weeks
! and as they have been running all ovel
the field they are supposed to be familiar
with the location Of the escapes. This
| makes it certain that the sport will bt
excellent, as the dogs will not have any
advantage but viii have to put up good
| fast runs to secure kills.
/ The dogs entered in today's events are
among the best in the state. number
| of them were brought here from north
ern points, several Of them having par
| ticipated in the Merced matches. All
of them will be sent to the park on a
special dog train at o'clock this morn
| ing. Beginning at 10:30 o'clock, cars will
run to and from the park at intervals
| of five minutes.
AT AGRICULTURAL PARK
Preparations for one of the best cours-
ling matches that has ever been run at
the Agricultural park have today been
completed. The course is familiar to
nearly all local lovers of the sport, for
weekly matches have been held there.
and several of them excellent ones, Tor
nearly two months. The officers for to-
day will be the same as have been pre-
siding there this season. Perhaps the
best dog in the runs is the now famous
Queen B., but, as several dark horses"
(dogs that have not heretofore been en-
tered there) are included in the draw
ing, that champion may have to get on
more speed today than she has needed
before. The running will begin promptly
at 1870 o'clock
BASEBALL AT FIESTA PARK
After several weeks of hard work,
Manager Morley of Fiesta park has sue
ceeded in organizing Los Angeles base
ball club which he thinks is as good as
any other team in the state. 1t is COM
posed partly of professionals, who have
been doing service in the eastern leagues
and are now wintering here, and the
best of the local players who have ap-
peared in the recent tournament here.
Among the professionals are Harvey,
Steinfelt, Decker, DUNCAN and Henry
The latter is a little man,
but as catcher he is one of the biggest
LlcIl ia tlf6 part VI tDc COuHtIys IAio
work In San Francisco has been such
that he is in receipt of number of offers
from eastern magnates. OF the others
little can be said that the
lovers of the sport do not know. They
are among the best men in the game and
can be relied upon to play we'll any posi-
lion in which they are placed.
Today this team will cross bats with
Lhe San Diego club, which is itself a
strong team. There is number of east
,rn players who have come to San Diego
to spend the winter, and these have been
by the manager of the club
ind drafted into service for this and
future games. The San Diego players
ire particularly anxious to win today,
as there will be a series of games later in
he season, both in this city and In San
Diego, and the southerners want this
1rst game, in order to be assured of a
good attendance when they play at home.
Among their team are Donlan, the crack !
'southpaw;" Sunday, formerly Of the
club; Van Arman and Stevens
If the Des Moines club, and Morrow
xensington and Cameron of the Western
eague. The positions in todays game,
which will be called promptly at 2
o'clock, will be filled as follows:
san Diego. Los Angeles |