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HUNTING AND DoaDoM

Bob Wylie, the well known bear hunter.
10 at present located with his traps and
dogs in the jungles situated between Stark
and Lucas creeks in the Breckenridge
mountains, about thirty-five miles east OF
here, says the Kern County Echo. Mr.. wy
lie was In town yesterday, having recently
come down to spend a few days with his
mother. In speaking Of what he was doing
in the hunting line, he said that he had
been devoting his.time to chasing and kill
ing mountain Hons Of late, inasmuch as the
bear-trapping season was not quite on vet.
He stated that the big mountain cats were
unusually numerous this season and in con-
sequence they were playing havoc viii,
young colts and in many instances tacklinr
and Staying almost grown horses. They
possess all the cunningness Of the cat fam.
NY ana they use It In such q manner that
It - very hard to get shot at them. They
VIII not touch meat unless they kill Il
Themselves, and then when they leave X
they never return to It. So It IL utterly i'm
possible to either trap or poison them. TIE
only way 70 set . shot at them Is to watch
when they leave their hiding places in the
rocks. and this 70 done BY watching Tor
their tracks In the snow and then putting
dogs after them being great towards. they
at once take to Z tree ana then that 4 the
time to 81 shot q them. 30 far durinR
The seassn ~. wyiis has- suecssdsA "a
hrdnoing dewn ~ .cf thseA n thissssn,a
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CoURsrfra

Courslng and fair weather brought III,
7 usual large crowd to Agricultural parl
ysstefday, and everything passed OF with
out . hitch. Only few Of the favorites
were enteredb but there were several ne
0ogs. some OF which made very good
showing. One OF these, Sorceress, scored
an unusually large number Of points Imp,
Van spuda and Van Brulle. who appeared
here earlier In the season with DR.. Won
aummel Of doubtful fame, have been pur-
chased BY p, II. Dalton. These two dogs
have been running ~ Ingleside and Union
park, San Erancisco. and winning high
honors. Van Brulle was entered here yep-
terday but was beaten by d. v. H., local
DOG which has been attracting considerable
attention lately. The favorite Jared hard
~, however, Ia his race with Cyclone.
which was the best one during the day.
The dogs made the entire circuit Of the
neld. Cyclone winning. much to the sur
pf1sa Of everyone. though the crowd
cheefetk him heartily.
There was match race between Van
6puda, run as San Pedro formerly and
+. Pope. new dog. Van Spuda won. al
though Pope made a very good run and II
looked for while as though he had things
his way.
In the run-off Tiger beat Little Dell, 20
/ bye; Sorceress beat Ebony Queen, 100 a
bye; SRoose beat sandow, 81; Aiiso pca.
Winona, al: Doncaster beat Tip Steadman
sy1h; Kitty Scott beat Pope, s-4; Take a
Chance beat White Chief, a bye, 3k-1:
Homer beat Topsy, so; Lady Wallace beat
Shamrock, 5-1A after tle S-S: Ormonde
beat High Bail, I'll; Blue Bird beat Cy-
clone, bye, 3h-1; See Saw beat Lady
Singer, 30; Jack T. beat Bowery Boy, 90;
d. v. H. beat Van Brulle. 6-3, after q tie.
ii; Cyclone beat Ramon, 90.
In the hrst ties Tiger beat Sorceress, g.
sh; snooze beat Also. 1910: Kitty Scott
beat Doncaster. 25a-1, after tie. 90; HON.
er beat Take q Chance. ~; A B c beat
Lady Wallace, $40; Blue Bird beat Or
monde, 3k-2; See Saw beat Jack 1, 1874; Cy-
clone beat D. v. H., 5h-4.
2 In the match race between Pope and Van
spuda. Van Spuda won. 1914.
In the second ties Snooxe beat Tiger, AZ,
after . tie. 2-2; Kitty Scott beat Homer.
e-1: A B G beat Blue Bird. 41s-2; Cyclone
beat See Saw. 6M-h.
In the third ties snoose beat Kitty Scott,
S-41x; A c beat Cyclone, 5-1.
In the finals A B G beat Snooze, 60, with
enoose second, Cyclone third. Kitty Scott
fourth, See Saw fifth, Blue Bird sixth,
Homer seventh, Tiger eighth.
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makers In the direction of turning out
heavier wheels. Low prices have con-
spired to increase this tendency, as
light wheels cannot be made cheaply. Not
only wheels, but saddles and tires are
heavier this year. 1t appears, however,
that fully equipped chain wheel, includ-
ing gear case and brake, is not as heavy as
the regulation chainless. Some dealers say
the demand for chainless wheels Is good
others report to the contrary Nearly all
agree that the enclosed chain model is be-
coming constantly more of factor. Wine
some dealers ask IS extra for a gear case,
and claim that they obtain 1t easily, others
offer It as q true part of the wheel and ask
nothing extra. The latter class say that
before long competition will drive all deal
ers to offer the best American gear case
free, as regular equipment.
In personal letter to President Potter,
Chief Consul G. H. Strong Of Northern
California says he expects to do some
heavy recruiting for the league, and ex-
presses the opinion that the Californians
who led the secession movement last year
are tired Of the effort and would gladly
return to the fold.
O o o
A rather novel attitude toward the infiu-
ence OF women in cycling was taken by
James O'Neill, a delegate from the Mecca
Wheelmen, at recent discussion among
members Of the Associated Cycling clubs of
New York. 1t was question of approving
or disappearing Of the participation in
century runs Of women. Mr.. O'Neill
thought there was bit of selfshness on
the part Of wheelmen In attempting to de-
bar women from mems diversions awheel
THE success of cyclings' he urged, "for
the past four or six years has been due to
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locality there are plenty of bears and other
big game. There are also numerous wild
cattle.
Mr.. c. A. Sumner of Los Angeles had a
birthday at the Santa Barbara show, says
the San Francisco Field Sports. Charley
said he was just 20, but then Charley Sum-
ner Is In the real estate business, and such
statements can be taken "cum grano
salis," and the more ''granos'' the better In
this case. OF course Charley had to cele-
brate, and what more appropriate place for
hot time than at the Hot Springs. Los
Angeles was well represented. and the boys
must of course do honor to the youthful
90 Charley, who had just turned % every
year for the last half century. Murphy and
Sheldrick. two jolly good fellows, were also
up from Los Angeles. and. therefore. they
and the Field Sports man accompanied
Sumner to the Springs behind nice team,
which Murphy had buncoed some brother
liveryman out of. Arriving at the springs,
Charley Informed Mr.. Nye, the good-na-
tured proprietor, that he was after ''hot
time," and to set up the hot water for all
hands Next he treated everybody to a
hot bath. After this he got reckless and
commenced mixing drinks with an aban-
don not often witnessed. First. 1t was hot
sulphur water, on top Of which he deliber-
ately put copious draught of hot arsenic
water, followed by hot soda and then a
full schooner of carbonated "agua vida"
Now Charley is not (water) drinking man
and, therefore. these copious libations soon
made him hilarious. He dated the hotel
register: Summers birthday, aged 2s." to
which SOME ihcredulous wretch added
''plus7" BY careful driving Murphy man.
aged to hit every stump and stone on the
road the grade, which added materially to
Charley's "hot time in celebrating his
birthday. Charley says he will be 2S again
at the Santa Barbara show next year, and
wants all the boys present.
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has been dlssipating too steadily an,
should beware.
ON THE TURF

The latest odds offered in the winter
books In New York on the Brooklyn and
Suburban handicaps show Ornament to oc-
Ecupy the position of favorite for both
events. There have been several shifts
in the betting during the past week or SO
with the result that Ornaments price has
receded from 10 to to /, while Ben Brush
has gone down two points in the Brooklyn.
Ben Holiday has receded from Is to 20 to
1r-and- this seems rather odd in view of the
reports that come from Louisville OF his
fitness. Fleur de Lis has been backed down
from 40 to rs to !. The latest quotations
against the fifteen leading candidates for
the Brooklyn and Suburban handicaps fol-
1ov N
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II have received . letter from Sam Fitz-
patrick who wants to bring Jack Daily out
here to meet Dal Hawkins. but will settle
the big fight first."
Tom Mcdonald, who represents sharkey
In this city said that Sharkey would not
object to Jim Mcdonald to referee this
battle. > He had a good reason for his ac-
tion in the last fight. Mcdonald said:
1--WE do not think go per cent enough for
such battle, as Jeffrles and Sharkey
would put up. 1t would attract people from
all over the state, and as so many pugilists
have been given rs per cent we believe the
club ought to give US that amount. Ken
nedy said he expected $40, 900 house, and
that the boxers share would be $4,000 |
told him agreed with him and that ]
would accept guaranteed purse of $12, COZ
and let the percentage co.
Maher. when asked by the National club
to meet Sharkey, refused to come to Cali
fornta to fight. He was willing enough Ia
come here to meet poor old Jackson.
Maher also has some debts hanging over
his head here that he would have to pay
II he came again.
AS Jim Mcdonald will leave for the east
III TWO weeks 10 umpire IN the National
league, he will not be able to act as referee
here any more till next winter.
o o O
Jackson is about town drinking heavily
again. Before he was matched eastern
papers called on the negro race to provide
a testimonial fund for Jackson, who had
done so much for them, instead of letting
him go down to defeat in his older days.
o o O
Eastern papers. for some reason, are try
ing to knock California in every possible
way. Fake fights Of any description, If
they occur east Of the Sierras. are passed
over mildly. but II the least off thing occurs
In San Francisco howl gQes up about the
crooked sports of California. The truth is,
what little crooked work there has been
here has been engineered by sports who
came from the east.
.st o O O
What number Of champions have DEM
onstrated lately that their day in the ring
is passed. jackson and Joe Goddard are
the two most prominent. Ike Weir is an
other and so Is Steve O'Donnel. Chtynski
had better take heed or he may never show
to advantage again. while Jack Daily has
either improved greatly or kid" Lavgne
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busybodies in the world of sport saw In
Jeffries broad def a specific challenge to
Corbett, but Jeffries sets matters at rest
by saying that he has not the slightest am
bition to draw the ex-champion into q
match.
II will never challenge Corbett." said
Jeffries yesterday. when in my dressing
room the night after the fight was asked
If I'd meet anybody. and / announced tha.
would and that barred nobody, forgot
to mention Corbett's name, but want'to
say now that 1t has always been my inten-
tion to avoid a go with him If possible.
feel that way about 1t principally on ac-
count OF my relations with Billy Delaney
who was so long with Corbett.''
I'D hate to see the two men come to-
gether,' said Delaney. I'm sure If they
ever do the. match won't be OF Jeffries'
seeking. AS matter of fact he does not
issue challenges to anybody. but If he is
challenged that is Of course different
thing"
Talking of challenges" broke in JEFF
fries, "can anyone explain why haven't
received any since bested jackson? In al
other contests that know of the winner
has invariably been deluged with proposi-
tions. I can now get all the backing nec-
essary so that the fighters shouldn't hesi-
tate. It's strange that the Olympic club
hasn't heard from Peter Maher TIE club
asked Maher II he would meet me. Then,
there's kid" Mccoy. He's going around
the country proclaiming himself cham
pion. They may call themselves cham
pons. but don't see how they can expect
the public to take any stock In their
claims"
For the flrst time In months, says the
Chronicle, there is no brace Of pugilists
signed to meet in this city, but It is possi-
Bile that Sharkey and Jeffries may be
brought together to agree on articles al
most any day. Jsffriss has already signed
with the Olympic club, and Sharkey has
assured Gibbs Of the National City that he
Is willing to. sign with him. The details
have not been arranged. Matchmaker Ken
nedy, superintendent Of the Olympic club,
said last evening:
II have secured Jeffries' Signature to
meet Sharkey or Maher on or about April
9Th We are willing to give the pugilists
90 per gent Of the gross receipts. In case
sharkey II not satisfied to have Jin Nc
Donald act a. referee. the directors viii
secure George Siler. Lou Houseman, '.Hen-
est" {Qhn Kelly, Or 'sesns ether COED man,
but SAarkey shall have no say II an east
ern man ID chosen.
y have telsErapAsd an cfSsr 10 Nahet.
ana expect favorAAls answer. g ~ VIM
not waste much tims or woftp - usakine
= tee0 match, Y IN i,s
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The principal even. in local sports last
weak vas Bob Thompson's easy victory
owss Bmy Hester OF Boston. The colored
msn outolassed his opponent and ended
him "a the second round. Sports are look
lne eagerly forward to the meeting of
Thompson ana "Red" Phillips next month.
1yen ths warmcst admirers Of Bob admit
; that he will have hard battle before him.
There win be no more fights In San Fran
CISCO Tor the next six weeks, as the SUPER
vJDors have announced q suspension of per-
mata Tor that period. Coursing still con-
eiruee popular here. Baseball apparently
= On he wans. Probably, with the organ
19at1on Of league In the northern part OF
the state. the players in Southern Califor-
MIA will take renewed interest and also form
IA association.
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THE PRIZE RING

The impression has been created, says
the Examiner that heavyweight Jim JEFF
fries, who recently defeated Peter Jackson,
is hankering for a go with Jim Corbett. 1t
arose from the fact that Jeffries in sta. e.
ment made after last Tuesday nigh s.
fight said that he barred no man in the
world. As Corbett is expected in San
Francisco within couple Of days the
The herald., 1898-03-28
Value Of Brown Diamonds

A New York jeweler was exhibiting in
Wall street day or two ago brown dia-
mond. whose brilliancy seemed to be
greater than that Of any white or
canary stone in the market. Brown dia-
monds Of so fine quality are extremely
scarce, but the color has never been appre-
ciated by any except experts.
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Attendance at Berlin University

There are at present at Berlin university
1921 students, 1000 of whom are studying
medicine. 1921 law, AS theology. The theo-
logical department Is on the decline, and
has the least students Of any time in the
past five years. There are over five hum
dred foreign students In this university,
100 from the United States.
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The Metropolitan handicap, which wilt
be run at Morris park on May 4, the three
top weights, Ben Holiday. TiIlo and DR..
Catlett, are equal favorites at 8 to each.
Cleophus comes next. at 10 to 1. Don de
Orc and Imperator sell the next choices
at Il to each.. Lehman. Typhoon H.,
Ben Elder. Octagon, Lou Bramble, Pre-
vious and Handball are all quoted at Is to
each.
o o o
Parties recently arrived from Louisville
tell me there Is no chance whatever for the
passage Of the racing bill in the Kentucky
legislature, As for Illinois, all hope IL
gone regarding the racing measure for
that state. Well. non-success does not
matter much in Kentucky, and while It
does matter in Illinois, It is still safe to as
sumo that there viii be plenty Of racing
around Chicago during the season. am
informed the Harlem, stakes viii soon be
announced. and think Secretary Nathan
son will be down here inside Of ten days.
He will 80 to Hot Springs to have con-
ference With Manager John Ceudon, who
has been 1t that point during the winter.
You cdn rest assured the Harlem stakes
Will be on prstentious scale. Tor last
yssT's meeting thsrs was the s1e1tsbt held
- ehs wssL 1hS lndlcAtisAs Gss t1ha there
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BASEBALL

AZUSA, March 26.-In the baseball game
at Axusa today the Azusa Stars defeated
the Whittier State School team by q score
Of z to 6. Score by innings:
Whittier State School,. IL 0110021 0-e
Azusa Stars.................0 l OIL 1904 o-7
Batteries: Whittier-Washingto and
James; Azusa-Preston and DE Voni.
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Britain has sixty-five square miles Of ool-
ony U the square mile of her own area,
Holland fifty-four. Portugal twenty, Den
mark six and three-tenths, France one and
nins-tenths, Spain eisi1ty-six ene-huhd-
rsdths square miles.
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B1cYcL1Na

The League Of American Wheelmen, de-
string to procure photographs of bad coun-
try roads for use In Its agitation of the
good roads movement, has offered SIPS cash
In prizes, as follows: First prize, $50; Sec
ond prize, SIS; third prize, SIS; fourth prize,
no; and five prizes of IS each. Prizes will
be awarded on single pictures. Any one
can take part In this competition and send
In az many photographs as he pleases. but
not more than one prize will be awarded
TO any one person. The competition will
remain open until June l, 1888, and every
person able to use a camera and who knows
what q bad country road is like when he
sees It, should assist the good work and
enter the competition. Photographs should
be sent to Otto Dorner, chairman national
Z committee for highway Improvement, l..
a W., p. o. box 1853, Milwaukee. Wis.
A close friend OF President Potter, who
pretends to know inside history, says that
I Henry Dixon Of Illinois, who was on last
3 years racing board, was not turned
\. down." but that he resigned. Mr.. Dixon ar
gues that fitness should be the first and
nnal qualification for office, and the au-
!, thority quoted says that Mr.. Dixon re-
yoaeAou UoSceS0 SAarAcS rtOOI was appoint
ed Handicapped In Illinois, although Mr..
Roots dtness ID admitted. Mr. Dixon OBJ
5ected to the appointment because Root IL
Potter man while he is anti-Potter.
o o o
New York man has invented q chain
less wheel which Is claimed to upset all
previous mechanical theories. He knocks
over the claim that beveled teeth are neces-
sary for carrying power "around cor
her," by making front pinion wheel with
oquare-cut teeth turn o driving shaft with
the same kind of teeth set at right angles.
in general appearance the bicycle looks
Hike q true bevel gear.
. o o
DO much racing talk IL in the air that the
good roads work Of the L. A. w. has been
hoard Of but little. It. is. however, going
Sofward steadily. A million pamphlets are
pow being prepared by the department OF
/. agriculture In Washington. The matter
for the pamphlets has been furnished BY
the national road committee. but the pub
Ncation Of the matter will not cost the
league cent.
Some talk, which il still very vague, IL
ptlng indulgQdsin about q combination OF
eottin9 tracks and cycling tracks and the
control q ovnle racing by an offshoot Of
ne Jochey club. This s1me idea proved Z
bubble lat year.
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NIEYdi;xz&y> ElcIIkYS1ZY2

vorable he can go in 200. while N. Hubin-
ger, the owner Of Frank Agan. has just as
strong faith in the speed powers Of his
horse.
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Some talk, which IL still vary vague, II
ptang indulgQdsin about q combination OF
esottinf tracks and cycling tracks and the
control a cvcle racing by nm offshoot Of
ne JOCKEY club. This same idea proved 4
pubpie lat year. s
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will be great racing this season all along
the western line. The Farmer -HeudYie
syndicate meetings at Detroit, Windsor.
Fort Erie and Toronto promise big things,
for their stake entry lists for each point
are unusually numerous. One OF the early
meetings OF the season will be let at New
port, and there all the stalls are already
engaged. Memphis-well. there is hardly
any use referring to the Bluff City, for
while there have been failures elsewhere,
no such word as fail has ever found a
Judgement in connection with racing at
Memphis, and all the indications point to
a greater success than ever before. The
clashing and crowding is likely to tell
against Lexington, but at that, as the
purses will not be large, and with no
stakes. they may be able to make both
ends meet.-"Broad Church." In N. o. cor
Spirit Of the Times.
Tod Sloane's great success as jockey
in England has been equaled by the young
American driver, Frank Cation, who has
been driving trotters In Russia for the last
year and half. Young Cation is the idol
Of the racegoing public in st. Petersburg
and Moscow, in which cities most of his
driving Is done. There are two race days
week in either one or the other of those
cities throughout the year, and for nearly
year Cation has won about half the races
on each days program. With the horse
in his charge he has been breaking the
Russian records for all distances from
mile to two miles and half, until now he
holds the honor Of having driven about all
the Russian record-holders to their marks.
The fast mare Muta Wilkes, Pill, that was
recently sent to Russia from this country,
started against Monette, 2:14N, recently,
and Monette. driven by Cation, came OF
victorious. The young American now has
the best stable in Russia, and it will be
further strengthened by the addition of the
good stallion Baron Rogers, 2O9A the
fastest trotter ever sent to the country of
the czar. With this good son of Baron
Wilkes, Cation will probably hang up
new set of records for the Russians to beat.
and also win lot of the big purses for the
free-for-allers. Cation Is thrifty young
man, and Is said to be saving large part
of his salary to bring back to America with
him.
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- e'ainlsss whssl ~ snoourassd
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O O o
1t is on the cards that John r. Gentry
and Frank Agan will have series of
matches this year. Trainer Brown believes
that the ex-champion is as fast as he ever
was, and that with all the conditions fa-
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-01-04
Forbidden to Use Eraser..

Ink erasers. says the Washington corrc-
spondent of the Chicago Record. are not
allowed in either the war or the navy de-
partments except under the direction of a
chief of bureau, and no one is allowed to
erase an entry in any official record book
without explanations and express permis-
sion. Some years ago 1t was discovered
that an important record of the war had
been erased and u false entry substituted.
The culprit was never detected, but the in
cident caused an investigation, and an or
der was issued banishing all acids and erad-
icators from the building. TIL matter was
mentioned in cabinet meeting, and a simil-
ar order was issued In the navy depart
ment.
1t would be well II the interior depart
ment were to follow the example. particu-
larly in the lane and patent offices. although
there is no evidence that their records have
ever been tempered with. When a mistake
Is made in recording an order the line is
Cancelled by drawing the pen through the
sentence and rewriting it correctly.