Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-08-24
SPORTS Talk
Open Season ON Chickens Be.
gins Now in a
Week.
Prospects Good for an Interest.
ing Finish in Base
Ball.
Current Topics in the Sporting
World.-Some Horse
Talk.

With the close of next week there will
be one class of sportsmen that will be
happy-the man who, with good gun
and good dog, likes to seek out some
favored spot and spend few days
shooting chickens. The law on chickens
expires on a week from tomorrow, Sun
day, Sept. 1, and the last of this week
will see many Marshalltown hunters
getting their traps together and "hik-
ing for points north, where the shoot
thickly populated section. What luck
they will have depends largely on what
is done during the next week by unlaw-
full shooters. who generally aim to get
out about a week in advance of the open
season and bang away at unsuspecting
coveys and after killing many leave
the balance so frightened that a cannon
wouldn't reach them in the field. Chick
en- shooting, however, without this re-
grettable feature, is going to be hard
enough and will be no snap for any
hunter The stubble in the fields is gen.
orally quite short this season and af-
fords but little hiding place for the
birds. Then, again, it is SO dry. and has
been for so long, that the dogs are not
going to be able to work very long at
time and to very good advantage. The
game wardens of the county would do
we'll to keep an eye out for unlawful
shooting this week and make it cost
wrongdoers something for spelling the
sport for others who live up to the law
and shoot only in season. The open sea-
| son for chickens is three months, from
Sept. to Dec 1.
| From present indications the closing
weeks of the base ball season this year
promise to be unusually interesting, es-
pecially in the National League. While
the American League teams have been
| playing good base ball. those who have
| watched the contests of each are of the
| opinion that the older organization clubs
| have to date done the best all around
work. There is no reason why this
| should not be the case. AS far as sup
pressing rowdyism s concerned. the
newer association has the old league
beat to death, and its officials deserve
| commentator for the better deport-
ment of it's players if for nothing else.
\ In the National race the fight at pres
ent seems to be between the Pittsburg.
Philadelphia, ST. Louis and Brooklyn
teams Upon the coming eastern trip
I of Pittsburg and ST. Louis will depend
4 largely where these teams will finish.
4 The westerners will find hard road on
the trip for both the Philadelphia and
! Brooklyn teams are playing in splendid
form at present. and the Boston team
ought to more than hold its own on
home grounds. What the New York
team will do against the westernerS is
: problematical, it's present work against
4 its eastern rivals being 30 poor that the
team seems destined to finish the sea-
son about where such disjointed con-
Germs generally finish. The Brooklyn
team plays we'll away from home, which
gives the champions an excellent chance
to hold on to the pennant.
William S. Barnes, owner of the Mel
5 bourne stud at Lexington. KY, has pub
lished an attractive and we'll illustrated
volume descriptive of the famous Blue
Grass stud. The book contains many
( engrayings of the stations and matron:
. of the stud, together with an account o.
i its history. the methods of collecting the
( individuals that comprise it, the princi
4 ples that underlay their selection ant
some of Mr. Barnes own theories re
garding the breeding OF thoroughbreds
Prince of Monaco is still head of tn
stud. but he has able assistants in jim
Gore. Rainbow and St. Julien. Will
among the mares are Sara, Sallie of Ma
yarre. Gondola, Maid of Promise. Au
4 tumn Leaves Listen. Bagppes
r Crowned Queen, Carotta c., Highland
Princess. Fun and Folly and The Fash
$ ion. Mr.. Barnes has adopted syster
Il of Identifying the mares at Melbourn
which he thinks will make it impossibl
i. for the stud master OF his assistant
ever TO make any mistake in the breed
ing of foal. A narrow band of meta
: made from aluminium is securely rivete
: to the animals ear in such way tha
! it will neither annoy her nor be visipl
= to the casual observer.
&c p P. Parish Of Midway, KY, tt
ID breeder and owner of Mary +. Leyburl
e. the 3-year-old trotter by Expedition
: Rose Leyburn, by Onward, sold II
s. youngster this week to THOMAS v
Lawson of Boston. for $lo,ooo The nj
is entered in the stock farm purse
Terre Haute, the Kentucky Futuri'
ly and the Louisville prize of $4,000. to
m trotted in Lexington. She is one of IL
v. me 81 promising candidates for the r.
IN turity, having worked a mile in 2:l5
~ handy fashion for her trainer, Gle
Beachy. 1t is thought that Mr.. Laws
will not start her until the Lexinst'
:. meeting.
as The London Daily Graphic, common
pe ing upon the departure on Thursday
3d. last week of the Oxford Cambridge at
-. ~; letes for America to compete in ira
~ and field games with Yale-Harva
ns team. says that the keenness shown
'n the better American universities to
Gu duce the Oxford Cambridge team
'u' visit the United States Is due not
much to desire to see which is the be
ter team, or to reverse the last decisie
as to introduce into America the to
of English athletics and help those W
nc nc are working against quasi-professior
-. ways.
as ctr Thor,oa Il fnfon owner of Sha]