Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-09-14

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some branch or other. Probably she
| effect of the highly satisfactory show
ings of the boys ia the recent Mara
thon run to Venice Is best proof of the
popularity and permanency of outdoor
| sports, pastimes and athletics. Before
the runners had cooled out hundreds az
those Interested In athletics were
Rnxiously and enthusiastically DISCUSS
| ing another such event, and the Z. A.
A. G. took the fever and immediately
announced another Marathon for New
Years, Since then It has been decided
to make 1t aemi-Annuai instead OF an
annual affair. The more enthusiastic
ones have suggested q 26-mile run. to
1 start In Pasadena and extend to Venice
via Los Angeles. Aquatics, Arnafeur
boxing, wrestling, handball, basketball.
motorcycling, automobiling and ali
track ana field sports and athletics are
IN a most prosperous condition, and the
result Is that Southern California IS
raising UP new generation that win
become famous for their manlinass
health and physical development.
Jeffries and party OF friends IN
Guiding Capt. Broadheads Hopperstead
and Harry Burt. left Saturday night in
an automobile for week or ten DAYS
OF deer hunting at q point about $50
miles north Of Los Angeles, In the Kern
river country. Papke and his manager,
Jones, had agreed to meet them and 20
on the trip, but they seem to have
acquired chronic case OF running out
on all engagements on the coast and
left for the east without even saying
good by to Jeff or notifying him that
they could not meet him as agreed
Papke, like q boy with q pair of redtoD
boots, wants to 80 back east on q mile
a-minute train 20 show himself as
champion. Probably, after he has run
~ a r4yae 49, sAs4
gagements, he VIII ind himself cilam-
pion without Job. as he deserves. It
Is no cinch that he will keep his date
with Ketchel in Frisco next Thanks
giving, IL his coast form il any basis
OF figuring dope, but he may come out
OF 1t by Thanksgiving day.
7andicapping in harness racing. along
the lines OF the recent American trot-
ting derby, has been taken up by horse
men with great enthusiasm and at all
harness meets throughout the country,
the feature event Is a handicap race.
This indicates that the system is to
ably will revolutionize the sport. 1t
gives every horse, great or otherwise,
an even break, and offers q chance for
the inferior horses to become money
winners where otherwise they would be
of no value and big expense to their
owners.
According to the Seattle newspapers
AL Dunlap, well known here, gave
RED" Walker drubbing the other day
that was OF sufficient Importance for
the stewards to take action. It is said
that Dunlap slapped, slammed and
slOughed Walker until he had taken
complete satisfaction for what he con-
sidered a designed effort by Walkers
Jockey on Harry Scott to prevent First
Peep from winning long race. Harry
Scott bumped First Peep out of the
running and Dunlap did the same thing
to Walker in retaliation.
Sam Hildreth evidently made q good
trade when he paid John 70. Madden
$4,000 for King James. BY the terms
OF sale, however, Hiidreth agreed to
pay Madden one-half of the earnings
of the colt at Eheepshead Bay and
GrAveeend. King James rashed out
and won the Annual Champion stakes
Saturday, worth $4,000 to the winner,
SO Madden already has received $780,
900 for his colt, while Hildreth has won
him out In purses alone, not to mention
what ne won In bets. King James will
race at Santa Anita
The jamestown race meeting which
began Saturday will continue until
September 26. 1t is a licensed meet
ing this year and is under the man
agement OF Hart Dernham, who con-
Quoted all the half-mile meetings In
Louisiana and Texas last spring and
who formerly owned the great racer.
Spencerian.